llano

Borrowed from Spanish llano

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːnəʊ/, /ˈlænəʊ/, /ˈjænəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnəʊ

llano (plural llanos)

1. A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 442:

     “For this,” said El Espinero, with an economical slide of his hand indicating all the visible circumference of the cruel llano.

From Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-. Compare also the doublet plano.

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈʎano/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈɟ͡ʝano/

llano (feminine singular llana, masculine plural llanos, feminine plural llanas)

1. even; flat; level

   Synonyms: plano, liso

2. plain
3. straightforward

• allanar
• llanura

• plan
• plano

llano m (plural llanos)

1. plain (an open, grassy, mostly treeless land)

• → English: llano

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