blanco
Sentences
Era gris ceniciento en general , con el vientre blanco .
It was ashen gray in general, with a white belly.

Meaning
-
- white
- argent
Concepts
White person
shooting target
blank space
see dar en el blanco
white person
white woman
Synonyms
blanka
hombre blanco
línea de llegada
caldo judicial
precio neto
tabla vacilando
tabla trotando
persona blanca
aperlado
blancusco
mandria
zapote fruta
Frequency
Hyphenated as
blan‧co
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈblanko/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Found as early as the Cantar de Mio Cid. Compare Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”). Cognate with English blank, Dutch blank, etc.
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