# blanco
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblæŋkəʊ/

### Verb

blanco (third-person singular simple present blancos, present participle blancoing, simple past and past participle blancoed)
* (transitive) To polish using Blanco.
** 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 604:The Independence celebrations were coming, contingents of police had to be drilled and blancoed and starched before proceeding to Kuala Lumpur to represent the state.
** 2012, Pat Coppard, In Spite of Everything ......: A Life-Story of Fear, Heartbreak, Love, Trickery and Triumph
    Eddie went back to his sea cadets, leading the band on Sunday mornings. He always looked very smart. He used to spend most of Saturday evening blancoing his kit and pressing his blue uniform.

### Anagrams

* Blacon, balcon

## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* blango
* bllanco (Ribagorçan)

### Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin blancus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblanko/
* Rhymes: -anko
* Syllabification: blan‧co

### Adjective

blanco (feminine blanca, masculine plural blancos, feminine plural blancas)
* white

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “blanco”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
* “blanco”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

## Asturian
### Adjective

blanco
* neuter of blancu

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bianco, with replacement of -i- with -l- under influence from cognates.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblɑŋ.koː/
* Hyphenation: blan‧co
* Rhymes: -ɑŋkoː

### Adjective

blanco (not comparable)
* blank; unwritten or not filled with printing, painting or other marks

#### Related terms

* blank

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blɑ̃.ko/

### Noun

blanco m (plural blancos)
* correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex
    Synonyms: blanc, correcteur liquide, tipex

### Further reading

* “blanco”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Interlingua
### Noun

blanco (plural blancos)
* white person, usually a white man

#### Related terms

* blanc

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish (from the colour/color of their strip). Doublet of bianco.

### Noun

blanco m (plural blancos)
* (soccer) a Real Madrid football/soccer player
* (soccer, in the plural) the Real Madrid football/soccer team

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Found as early as the Cantar de Mio Cid.
Compare Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”). Cognate with English blank, Dutch blank, etc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblanko/ [ˈblãŋ.ko]
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* Rhymes: -anko
* Syllabification: blan‧co

### Adjective

blanco (feminine blanca, masculine plural blancos, feminine plural blancas)
* white
    Synonyms: (poetic) albo, (obsolete) obo
    Antonym: negro
* (heraldry) argent
    Synonym: argento

#### Derived terms

* agárico blanco
* aguas blancas
* agujero blanco
* ajo blanco
* ajoblanco
* al rojo blanco
* álamo blanco
* algarrobo blanco
* alhelí blanco
* aliblanco
* arce blanco
* arma blanca
* azúcar blanca
* azúcar blanco
* bandera blanca
* beso blanco
* Blanca Nieves
* blanca y en botella, leche
* blanco apagado
* blanco como el papel
* blanco como la cera
* blanco como la pared
* blanco roto
* blancuzco
* blanquear
* blanquecino
* blanquísimo
* caballo blanco
* cabeciblanco
* canela blanca
* capuchino de frente blanca
* cariblanco
* carne blanca
* carta blanca
* Casa Blanca
* cedro blanco
* cheque en blanco
* chocolate blanco
* chorlitejo blanco
* cigüeña blanca
* coihue blanco
* coliblanco
* con guante blanco
* coroniblanco
* curutié blanco
* deporte blanco
* elefante blanco
* emblanquecer
* en blanco
* en blanco y negro
* enana blanca
* esclava blanca
* espino blanco
* fiesta blanca
* flores blancas
* ganso blanco
* garza blanca
* glóbulo blanco
* grulla blanca
* hepática blanca
* humor blanco
* ibis blanco
* lechuza blanca
* libro blanco
* línea blanca
* lino blanco
* lisa blanca
* luz blanca
* madera en blanco
* magia blanca
* mangle blanco
* manjar blanco
* mar Blanco
* marca blanca
* materia blanca
* millar en blanco
* mimbrera blanca
* negro sobre blanco
* oro blanco
* oso blanco
* papel blanco
* pescado blanco
* pimienta blanca
* pizarra blanca
* playerito blanco
* poner los ojos en blanco
* quebracho blanco
* rinoceronte blanco
* roble blanco
* ropa blanca
* ruso blanco
* salsa blanca
* salvia blanca
* sarandí blanco
* sustancia blanca
* tiburón blanco
* tola blanca
* tomillo blanco
* tortuga blanca
* trata de blancas
* trébol blanco
* vino blanco
* zanahoria blanca

### Noun

blanco m (plural blancos)
* white
    Antonym: negro
* target, bullseye
    Synonym: diana

#### Derived terms

* blanco de España
* blanco de huevo
* blanco de los ojos
* blanco de plomo
* carpintero de blanco
* dar en el blanco
* de punta en blanco
* de punto en blanco
* firma en blanco
* patente en blanco
* tiro al blanco

#### Descendants

* Chavacano: blangko, blangku
* Papiamentu: blancu

### See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text) :
| blanco | gris | negro |
| rojo; carmín, carmesí | naranja, anaranjado; marrón | amarillo; crema |
| lima | verde | menta |
| cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo | celeste, cerúleo | azul |
| violeta; añil, índigo | magenta; morado, púrpura | rosa, rosado |

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “blanco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “blanco”, 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

* balcón