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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish lienço, from Latin linteum. It is not entirely clear why the Spanish form has the diphthong /je/, but there might have existed an early variant lĕnteum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈljenθo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈljenso/
- Rhymes: -enθo
- Rhymes: -enso
- Syllabification: lien‧zo
Noun
lienzo m (plural lienzos)
- canvas
- Synonym: lona
- linen
- Synonym: lino
- painting, picture
- Synonyms: cuadro, pintura
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