británico

/bɾiˈtaniko/ · B1 · adj

British

🫖 británico = Britannic: Britain + -ico, same ending as English -ic

From Latin Britannicus. Spanish -ico matches English -ic, so británico is Britannic letter for letter, minus one n. The accent mark puts the stress on TA: bri-TA-ni-co. As a noun it also means a Briton.

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