jocundo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯oːˈkun.doː/, [i̯oːˈkʊn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /joˈkun.do/, [joˈkun̪d̪o]

Adjective

jōcundō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of jōcundus

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin iōcundus, from Classical Latin iūcundus (“delightful, pleasant”), derived from iocus (“joke”). First attested in 1438 in Juan de Mena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒoˈkundo/

Adjective

jocundo

1. jocund, jovial, cheerful
   • 1438, Juan de Mena, Coronación del Marqués de Santillana , (as shown in the RAE's diachronic corpus, from an edition by Miguel Ángel Pérez Priego, for Planeta (1989)):

     mostraron rostro jocundo

     they showed a jovial face

Descendants

• Spanish: jocundo

Spanish

Etymology

From late Old Spanish jocundo, from Late Latin iōcundus, from Classical iūcundus (“delightful, pleasant”), derived from iocus (“joke”). First attested in 1438 in Juan de Mena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoˈkundo/ [xoˈkũn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -undo
• Syllabification: jo‧cun‧do

Adjective

jocundo (feminine jocunda, masculine plural jocundos, feminine plural jocundas)

1. jocund, jovial, cheerful

Related terms

• juego
• jugar

 

Further reading

• “jocundo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014