hermano

Borrowed from Spanish hermano. Doublet of irmão and germano.

• Homophone: Hermano
• Hyphenation: her‧ma‧no

hermano m (plural hermanos, feminine hermana, feminine plural hermanas)

1. (Brazil, informal, endearing) Argentinian
2. (Portugal, informal, endearing) Spaniard

• IPA^(key): /eɾˈmano/ [eɾˈma.no]

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: her‧ma‧no

Inherited from Old Spanish ermano, from Vulgar Latin *germānus (“brother”), from Latin germānus (“of a brother or sister”). Compare English germane. Displaced Old Spanish fradre, from Latin fratēr.

hermano m (plural hermanos, feminine hermana, feminine plural hermanas)

1. brother
   • 1970, “Los Hermanos”, Atahualpa Yupanqui (lyrics), performed by Atahualpa Yupanqui:

     Yo tengo tantos hermanos / Que no los puedo contar / Y una novia muy hermosa / Que se llama Libertad

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. sibling
3. bro

• fray

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

hermano

1. first-person singular present indicative of hermanar

• “hermano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28