brondo

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French blond m, from Old French blond, blont, Medieval Latin blondus, from Frankish *blund (“a mixed color between golden and light-brown”), from Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“mixed, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to become turbid, see badly, go blind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾondo̝/

Adjective

brondo (feminine bronda, masculine plural brondos, feminine plural brondas)

1. blonde

   Synonyms: louro, loiro, fouveiro

Noun

brondo m (plural brondos, feminine bronda, feminine plural brondas)

1. blond

   Synonyms: louro, loiro, fouveiro

See also

• louro

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “brondo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega