lindo

From Spanish lindo, probably from Latin legitimus and then a doublet of the archaic lindo (“legitimate”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlindʊ]

lindo (feminine linda, masculine plural lindos, feminine plural lindas)

1. beautiful
2. cute

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lindo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lindo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lindo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lindo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lindo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Spanish lindo. Doublet of limpido.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlin.do/
• Rhymes: -indo
• Hyphenation: lìn‧do

lindo (feminine linda, masculine plural lindi, feminine plural linde)

1. neat
2. clean
3. tidy

• lindamente
• lindezza

• lindo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Old Spanish lindo, of uncertain origin, but probably from Latin legitimus (“lawful, proper”) through metathesis and assimilation: *lid(i)mo > *limdo > lindo.^[1] If so, a doublet of the learned borrowing lejítimo. Corominas considers both lindo and its possible Portuguese cognate lídimo (“legitimate”) as semi-learned terms, but this is uncertain.^[2]

Some sources derive it from Latin limpidus (“clean”) instead,^[3] but this is less likely for both phonetic and semantic reasons. Old Spanish lindo originally meant “legitimate”, later “authentic, pure, good”, and eventually gave rise to the modern meaning. Moreover, Latin limpidus is already the source of Spanish limpio.

lindo (Hebrew spelling לינדו)^[4]

1. beautiful; pretty; comely; handsome (fair)

   Synonyms: beyo, ermozo

   Antonym: feo

   Hanuka linda sta aki; ocho kandelas para mi.

   Beautiful Hanukkah is here, so eight candles for me.

2. nice; pleasant; lovely; charming; endearing

Adverbial derivative of Proto-West Germanic *linþ(ī) (“gentle, mild”)

lindo

1. gently

• lind

• Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Uncertain origin, but probably from Latin legitimus (“lawful, proper”) through metathesis and assimilation: *lid(i)mo > *limdo > lindo.^[1]

lindo

1. legitimate
2. (by extension) authentic
3. pure
4. good
5. beautiful; pretty; comely; handsome (fair)

• Ladino: lindo
• Spanish: lindo
  • → Italian: lindo

• Hyphenation: lin‧do

Uncertain. Probably ultimately from Latin legitimus (“lawful; proper”), and likely through the intermediate of Spanish lindo^[1] (the native Portuguese descendant (and thus its doublet) in this case is lídimo; there is also the later learned borrowing legítimo). Some sources cite Latin limpidus (“clean”),^[2] but this is unlikely for several reasons, including that this word already gave rise to another word in Portuguese, limpo.

lindo (feminine linda, masculine plural lindos, feminine plural lindas, comparable, comparative mais lindo, superlative o mais lindo or lindíssimo, diminutive lindinho, augmentative lindão)

1. beautiful; gorgeous;

   Synonyms: bonito, belo, formoso

lindo m (plural lindos, feminine linda, feminine plural lindas)

1. beauty (a beautiful person)

   Synonyms: belo, beldade

• lindeza

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lindo

1. first-person singular present indicative of lindar

• IPA^(key): /ˈlindo/ [ˈlĩn̪.d̪o]

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• Rhymes: -indo
• Syllabification: lin‧do

From Old Spanish lindo, of uncertain origin, but probably from Latin legitimus (“lawful, proper”) through metathesis and assimilation: *lid(i)mo > *limdo > lindo.^[1] If so, a doublet of the learned borrowing legítimo. Corominas considers both lindo and its possible Portuguese cognate lídimo (“legitimate”) as semi-learned terms, but this is uncertain.^[2] Compare English legible.

Some sources derive it from Latin limpidus (“clean”) instead,^[3] but this is less likely for both phonetic and semantic reasons. Old Spanish lindo originally meant “legitimate”, later “authentic, pure, good”, and eventually gave rise to the modern meaning. Moreover, Latin limpidus is already the source of Spanish limpio.

lindo (feminine linda, masculine plural lindos, feminine plural lindas, superlative lindísimo)

1. pretty

   Synonyms: bello, hermoso, guapo

   México es muy lindo y querido.

   Mexico is very pretty and dear.

2. cute

   Synonyms: bonito, precioso

• → Italian: lindo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lindo

1. first-person singular present indicative of lindar

• “lindo”, 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
• “lindo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010