blanco – Spanish adjective declension

Spanish adjective forms of blanco

Adjective: blanco

Hyphenation: blan‧co
Singular m.blanco
Singular f.blanca
Plural m.blancos
Plural f.blancas

Sample Sentences

  • Fraser se une a otras 38 mujeres en la lista de CEOs de Fortune 500, conformada en su mayoría por blancos y hombres. [2020 September 10, Alexis Benveniste, “El listado Fortune 500 ahora tiene un número récord de mujeres CEO: apenas 39”, in CNN en Español:]

Etymology

1. Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Found as early as the Cantar de Mio Cid.
2. Compare Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”). Cognate with English blank, Dutch blank, etc. See: German Adjectives 'blank', English Adjectives 'blank', Dutch Adjectives 'blank'.

Verbs referencing "blanco"

English Adjectives blank, Portuguese Adjectives branco, Asturian Adjectives blancu.

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