hermano

See also: hermanó and Hermano

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hermano. Doublet of irmão and germano.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁˈmɐ̃.nu/ [eɦˈmɐ̃.nu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eɾˈmɐ̃.nu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eʁˈmɐ̃.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eɻˈmɐ.no/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛɾˈmɐ.nu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛɾˈma.nu/

Homophone: Hermano
Hyphenation: her‧ma‧no

Noun

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

(Brazil, informal, endearing) Argentinian
(Portugal, informal, endearing) Spaniard

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eɾˈmano/ [eɾˈma.no]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Audio (Peru): (file)
Rhymes: -ano
Syllabification: her‧ma‧no

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

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)
sibling
bro

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→⇒ Bikol Central: mánoy, manóy
- → Tagalog: manóy
→⇒ Cebuano: mano, manong, manoy
→⇒ Ilocano: manong, nong (or via Tagalog)
- → Hawaiian Creole: manong
→ Portuguese: hermano
→⇒ Tagalog: mano, manong

See also

fray

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hermano

first-person singular present indicative of hermanar

Further reading

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

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