dueño

See also: dueno

Aragonese

Etymology

From Late Latin domnus, shortened variant of Latin dominus. Compare Spanish dueño, Portuguese dono.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdweɲo/
  • Rhymes: -eɲo
  • Syllabification: due‧ño

Noun

dueño m (plural dueños)

  1. owner

References

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin domnus, shortened variant of Latin dominus. Cognates include Aragonese dueño, Galician and Portuguese dono, Sicilian don, Italian donno, Aromanian domnu, Romanian domn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdweɲo/ [ˈd̪we.ɲo]
  • Rhymes: -eɲo
  • Syllabification: due‧ño

Noun

dueño m (plural dueños, feminine dueña, feminine plural dueñas)

  1. owner, proprietor, landlord
    Synonyms: propietario, poseedor
    • 2018 September 25, Pablo León, “¿Para quién es ‘cool’ Lavapiés?”, in El País:
      Él es el dueño de todo el edificio. Algunos meses antes, los vecinos de al lado se fueron, el dueño remodeló la casa -mucho más pequeña que la mía- y la comenzó alquilar por 1.100 euros al mes”, recuerda.
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  2. master
    Synonyms: patrono, amo

Derived terms

Further reading

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