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pan.

bread (food made by baking cereal dough)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpan/[ˈpãn]
  1. bread (food made by baking cereal dough)

    masculine
    Para mi desayuno, tomo pan y leche.
  2. bread (food made by baking cereal dough) bun (such as the kind used on a hamburger or hot dog)

    masculine
  3. money, dough

    figuratively · masculine
  4. work, job

    figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der.? Latin pānis Old Spanish pan Spanish pan Inherited from Old Spanish pan, from Latin pānem, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to feed, to graze”). Compare Catalan pa, French pain, Galician pan, Italian pane, Occitan pan, Portuguese pão, and Romanian pâine. Cognate with English company and pantry.

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