English

Noun

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.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʎano/

Adjective

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

1. even; flat; level
2. plain
3. straightforward

Noun

llano m ‎(plural llanos)

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

Derived terms

• llanura

See also

• liso
• plano
• plan