abano

See also: abanó, abaño, and abañó

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish habano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbano/ [ʔɐˈba.n̪o]
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧no

Noun

abano (Badlit spelling ᜀᜊᜈᜓ)

1. a Havana cigar
2. the wrapper of such cigar

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbano/ [aˈβ̞a.nʊ]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧no

Etymology 1

Probably from a- + Latin vannus (“winnowing basket”).

Noun

abano m (plural abanos)

1. fan (hand-held device waved back and forth in order to move air or cool oneself)

   Synonyms: abanador, abanico

2. the act of waving (moving something back and forth repeatedly)

Derived terms

• abanar
• abanicar
• baneiro

Etymology 2

Verb

abano

1. first-person singular present indicative of abanar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abano”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abano”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abano”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “abano”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “abano”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish habano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbano/ [ʔaˈba.no]
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧no

Noun

abáno

1. a cigar made by machinery

Indonesian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈbano/ [aˈba.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧no

Noun

abano (plural abano-abano)

1. Sterculia foetida

   Synonyms: jangkang, kelumpang, kepuh

Further reading

• “abano”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Maranao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish habano.

Noun

abano

1. cigar

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[2] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Old Galician-Portuguese a-

Portuguese a-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *watnosder.?

Latin vannus

Portuguese abano

From a- + Latin vannus (“winnowing basket”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɐ̃.nu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbɐ.nu/ [ɐˈβɐ.nu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbɐ.nu/ [ɐˈβɐ.nu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈba.nu/ [ɐˈβa.nu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbɐ.nu/

• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧no

Noun

abano m (plural abanos)

1. fan (hand-held device waved back and forth in order to move air or cool oneself)

   Synonyms: abanador, flabelo, leque, ventarola

2. the act of waving (moving something back and forth repeatedly)

Alternative forms

• avano (archaic)

Derived terms

• abanico (diminutive), abaninho (diminutive)
• abanão (augmentative)
• abanos

Related terms

• abanação
• abanadela
• abanado
• abanador
• abanadora
• abanadura
• abanamento
• abanante
• abanão
• abanar
• abaneiro

Descendants

• → Sinhalese: අවාන (awāna), අවානය (awānaya)
• → Spanish: abano

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

abano

1. first-person singular present indicative of abanar

Further reading

• “abano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “abano”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “abano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbano/ [aˈβ̞a.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧no
• Homophone: habano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese abano. Cognate with English fan.

Noun

abano m (plural abanos)

1. ceiling fan

   Synonyms: abanico, ventilador

2. fly-chaser (tool to chase flies from an area)

Derived terms

• abanico
• abanillo

Related terms

• abanar
• abañar

Descendants

• → Catalan: vano

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

abano

1. first-person singular present indicative of abanar

Further reading

• “abano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025