hondo

== Japanese == === Romanization === hondo Rōmaji transcription of ほんど == Shona == === Noun === hondo war == Spanish == === Alternative forms === fondo, fundo (dated) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish fondo, from Latin fundus, with the Latin noun taking on an adjectival sense in Spanish. An alternative theory sees the Old Spanish fondo as a shortening of an earlier, pre-literary *perfondo, from the Latin adjective profundus instead, which matches with the sense of the word better; however, this is uncertain. The word profundo is a neologism later borrowed from Latin. Cf. also the Spanish noun fondo (“bottom”), which may have preserved the old initial 'f' to distinguish it from the adjective hondo, its doublet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈondo/ [ˈõn̪.d̪o] Rhymes: -ondo Syllabification: hon‧do === Adjective === hondo (feminine honda, masculine plural hondos, feminine plural hondas, superlative hondísimo) deep Antonym: playo (Argentina) profound Synonym: profundo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Adverb === hondo deeply ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “hondo”, 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 == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Noun === hondo class IX (plural hondo class X) alternative form of hondohondo (“hornbill”)