hermano

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish hermano. Doublet of irmão and germano. === Pronunciation === Homophone: Hermano Hyphenation: her‧ma‧no === Noun === hermano m (plural hermanos, feminine hermana, feminine plural hermanas) (informal, endearing) (Brazil) Hispanic American, chiefly an Argentinian (Portugal) Spaniard == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eɾˈmano/ [eɾˈma.no] 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. Displaced Old Spanish fradre, from Latin fratēr. ==== Noun ==== hermano m (plural hermanos, feminine hermana, feminine plural hermanas) brother sibling (informal) bro, dude (friendly term of address for a male of similar age.) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025