veterano

From Spanish veterano, from Latin veterānus.

• IPA^(key): /beteˈɾano/, [be.t̪eˈɾa.no]
• Hyphenation: ve‧te‧ra‧no

veterano

1. veteran

Learned borrowing from Latin veterānus.

veterano (feminine veterana, masculine plural veteranos, feminine plural veteranas)

1. veteran (military)
2. experienced

   Antonym: novato

veterano m (plural veteranos, feminine veterana, feminine plural veteranas)

1. a military veteran
2. a person with experience

   Synonym: vedraño

• “veterano”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

• vetrano (archaic, regional)

From Latin veterānus, probably a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ve.teˈra.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: ve‧te‧rà‧no

veterano m (plural veterani, feminine veterana)

1. veteran (all senses), old hand

• vieto
• vetusto

• eternavo, noverate, venerato

veterānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of veterānus

Borrowed from Latin veterānus.

• Hyphenation: ve‧te‧ra‧no

veterano (feminine veterana, masculine plural veteranos, feminine plural veteranas)

1. veteran (with long experience)
2. veteran (related to former members of armed forces)

veterano m (plural veteranos, feminine veterana, feminine plural veteranas)

1. veteran (person with long experience)
2. veteran (old soldier)

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

Borrowed from Latin veterānus.

• IPA^(key): /beteˈɾano/ [be.t̪eˈɾa.no]

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: ve‧te‧ra‧no

veterano (feminine veterana, masculine plural veteranos, feminine plural veteranas)

1. veteran

   Synonym: aguerrido

veterano m (plural veteranos, feminine veterana, feminine plural veteranas)

1. veteran
2. the orange-cheeked waxbill, Estrilda melpoda

• “veterano”, 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