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florentino

Florentine

adjective floh-ren-TEE-noh Rare

Usage Note

Florentino means 'of or from Florence (Florencia).' As an adjective it agrees in gender (florentina). In culinary Spanish, a la florentina describes dishes prepared with spinach, a convention borrowed from French cuisine that originates from the legend of Catherine de Medici bringing the vegetable to France.

Examples

"Visitaron varios palacios de estilo florentino."

Natural Translation

They visited several palaces in Florentine style.

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