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Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
jōcundō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of jōcundus
Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin iōcundus, from Classical Latin iūcundus (“delightful, pleasant”), derived from iocus (“joke”). First attested in 1438 in Juan de Mena.
Pronunciation
Adjective
jocundo
- jocund, jovial, cheerful
1438, Juan de Mena,
Coronación del Marqués de Santillana, (as shown in the RAE's diachronic corpus, from an edition by Miguel Ángel Pérez Priego, for
Planeta (1989)):
- mostraron rostro jocundo
- they showed a jovial face
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
From late Old Spanish jocundo, from Late Latin iōcundus, from Classical iūcundus (“delightful, pleasant”), derived from iocus (“joke”). First attested in 1438 in Juan de Mena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xoˈkundo/
- Rhymes: -undo
- Syllabification: jo‧cun‧do
Adjective
jocundo (feminine jocunda, masculine plural jocundos, feminine plural jocundas)
- jocund
- jovial, cheerful
- Synonym: jovial
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