blanco

Meaning

Adj

1. white
2. argent

Noun

1. (masculine) white
2. (masculine) target, bullseye

Hyphenated as

blan‧co

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈblanko/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

La hembra es similar , pero su cuello es blanco con manchas oscuras .

The female is similar, but her throat is white with dusky spots.

Al llegar allá , Williams marcó " blanco " en la raza en su formulario de personal .

Arriving there, Williams marked “white” on the race on his personnel form.

Era gris ceniciento en general , con el vientre blanco .

It was ashen gray in general, with a white belly.

El club blanco se reservó una opción de compra que nunca hizo efectiva .

The white club reserved a purchase option that it never made effective.

En el anverso figura sobre esmalte blanco el escudo nacional de Cuba .

The obverse features the national coat of arms of Cuba on white enamel.

Floretes con corolas generalmente de color rosa a blanco lavanda o púrpura .

Florets with corollas usually pink to white lavender or purple.

En ellas se encuentran las areolas circulares a ovaladas y son de color blanco .

They contain circular to oval areolas and are white in colour.

Presenta inflorescencias en panículas con flores de color blanco fuertemente fragantes .

It presents inflorescences in panicles with strongly fragrant white flowers.