africano

africano

1. neuter of africanu

From Old Galician-Portuguese africano, borrowed from Latin āfricānus (“African”).

• IPA^(key): /afɾiˈkano/ [a.fɾiˈkɑ.nʊ]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: a‧fri‧ca‧no

africano (feminine africana, masculine plural africanos, feminine plural africanas)

1. African

africano m (plural africanos, feminine africana, feminine plural africanas)

1. African

• África

• “africano”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• IPA^(key): /a.friˈka.no/

• Audio (female voice):

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• Audio (male voice):

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: a‧fri‧cà‧no

africano (feminine africana, masculine plural africani, feminine plural africane)

1. African (of, from or relating to Africa)

africano m (plural africani, feminine africana)

1. African (native or inhabitant of Africa) (usually male)

• Africa

• canforai, confarai

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aː.frɪˈkaː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.friˈkaː.no]

āfricānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of āfricānus

From Old Galician-Portuguese africano, borrowed from Latin āfricānus (“African”). Displaced aflicão, an earlier borrowing.

• Hyphenation: a‧fri‧ca‧no

• Audio (Brazil):

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africano (feminine africana, masculine plural africanos, feminine plural africanas, not comparable)

1. African (of, or pertaining to Africa)

   Synonym: (literary) áfrico

africano m (plural africanos, feminine africana, feminine plural africanas)

1. African (person from Africa)

Learned borrowing from Latin āfricānus (“African”).

• IPA^(key): /afɾiˈkano/ [a.fɾiˈka.no]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: a‧fri‧ca‧no

africano (feminine africana, masculine plural africanos, feminine plural africanas)

1. African (of, from or relating to Africa)

   Synonym: (poetic) áfrico

africano m (plural africanos, feminine africana, feminine plural africanas)

1. African (native or inhabitant of Africa) (usually male)

• “africano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024