villano

/biˈʝano/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los villanos

Meaning

  1. villain

    • El villano huyó.

      The villain fled.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: person. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: animate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

malvado

villano can also mean "peasant" historically; malvado is more purely about evil or wickedness — both mean "villain."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

malvado

malvado is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "villain."

Portuguese

vilão

vilão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "villain."

Practice

1 What does villano mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ huyó.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches villano?

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