arándano

Spanish

Etymology

Blend of Hispano-Proto-Celtic *agranio (“sloe”) (compare Aragonese arañon, Catalan aranyó) and Late Latin rodandarum, lorandrum, variants of Latin rhododendron, from Ancient Greek ῥοδόδενδρον (rhodódendron), from ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾandano/ [aˈɾãn̪.d̪a.no]

Noun

arándano m (plural arándanos)

1. blueberry, bilberry, cranberry

Derived terms

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• arándano ártico
• arándano azul (“blueberry”)
• arándano rojo (“cranberry”)
• arándano silvestre

Further reading

• “arándano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• anonadar