blondo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French blond. First attested in 1717. Also borrowed from the same source two centuries earlier as brundo.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblondo/ [ˈblõn̪.d̪o]
Rhymes: -ondo
Syllabification: blon‧do

Adjective

blondo (feminine blonda, masculine plural blondos, feminine plural blondas)

(literary) blonde
Synonym: rubio

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “blondo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 600

Further reading

“blondo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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