lienzo

Meaning

1. (masculine) canvas
2. (masculine) linen
3. (masculine) painting, picture

Concepts

canvas

linen

picture

handkerchief

painting

🖼️

cloth

unbleached linen

panel

sheeting

tableau

Synonyms

tela

cuadro

pintura

🖼️

painel

panel

trapo

trozo

manta llana sin labor

paño

mantas muy delgadas

ropa blanca

sábana

Hyphenated as

lien‧zo

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈljenθo/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lienço, from Latin linteum. It is not entirely clear why the Spanish form has the diphthong /je/, but there might have existed an early variant lĕnteum.

Sentences

La imagen de la Virgen es un lienzo en lugar de la tradicional talla .

The image of the Virgin is a canvas instead of the traditional carving.