jocundo

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [joːˈkʊn.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [joˈkun̪.d̪o]

jōcundō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of jōcundus

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

• IPA^(key): /ʒoˈkundo/

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

• Spanish: jocundo

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.

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

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

1. jocund
2. jovial, cheerful

   Synonym: jovial

• “jocundo”, 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