hermandad

/eɾmanˈdad/ · B2 · verb

brotherhood

🤝 hermandad = hermano (brother) + -dad (state of) → brotherhood

Spanish hermano means brother, and the suffix -dad works like English -hood or -ness. So hermandad is the state of being brothers: brotherhood. The verb form hermandarse (to bond as brothers) gives the imperative hermandaos, with the variant os hermandad.

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