bandera

See also: Bandera, bandêra, bandéra, banderą, and Banderą

Aragonese

Etymology

From Spanish bandera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈdeɾa/
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ban‧de‧ra

Noun

bandera f (plural banderas)

1. flag

References

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “bandera”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bandera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈdeɾa/ [bãn̪ˈd̪e.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ban‧de‧ra

Noun

bandera f (plural banderes)

1. flag

Further reading

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “bandera”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “bandera”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bandera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bandeɾa/ [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eɾa, -a
• Hyphenation: ban‧de‧ra

Noun

bandera inan

1. flag

Declension

Declension of bandera (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	bandera	bandera	banderak	banderok
ergative	banderak	banderak	banderek	banderok
dative	banderari	banderari	banderei	banderoi
genitive	banderaren	banderaren	banderen	banderon
comitative	banderarekin	banderarekin	banderekin	banderokin
causative	banderarengatik	banderarengatik	banderengatik	banderongatik
benefactive	banderarentzat	banderarentzat	banderentzat	banderontzat
instrumental	banderaz	banderaz	banderez	banderotaz
inessive	banderatan	banderan	banderetan	banderotan
locative	banderatako	banderako	banderetako	banderotako
allative	banderatara	banderara	banderetara	banderotara
terminative	banderataraino	banderaraino	banderetaraino	banderotaraino
directive	banderatarantz	banderarantz	banderetarantz	banderotarantz
destinative	banderatarako	banderarako	banderetarako	banderotarako
ablative	banderatatik	banderatik	banderetatik	banderotatik
partitive	banderarik	—	—	—
prolative	banderatzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “bandera”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “bandera”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō, “sign, token”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [bənˈde̞.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [bənˈde.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [banˈde.ɾa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

bandera f (plural banderes)

1. flag

Derived terms

• abanderar
• bandera espanyola
• bandereta
• banderó

Further reading

• “bandera”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bandera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “bandera”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bandera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈdeɾa/ [bɐn̪ˈd̪i.ɾ̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: ban‧de‧ra

Noun

bandéra (Badlit spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ)

1. a flag
2. a banner
3. a type of kite that is shaped like a flag

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bandera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈdeɾa/ [ban̪ˈd̪e.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: ban‧de‧ra

Noun

bandéra (Basahan spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜍ)

1. flag

   Synonym: wayaway

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish bandera (“flag”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ban‧de‧ra

Noun

bandera

1. flag

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.dʁa/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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Verb

bandera

1. third-person singular future of bander

Anagrams

• bardane, rebanda

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish bandera.

Noun

bandéra

1. flag

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bandera.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ban‧de‧ra
• IPA^(key): /banˈdɛɾa/, [bɐnˈdɛɾa]

Noun

bandera

1. flag

Derived terms

• agbandera

Istriot

Alternative forms

• bangera

Etymology

From banda.

Noun

bandera f (plural bandere)

1. flag, ensign

References

• Antonio Pellizzer; Giovanni Pellizzer (1992), Vocabulario del dialetto di Rovigno d'Istria, page 91
• Cergna, Sandro (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria‎^[1], →ISBN, →OCLC

Ivatan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bandera.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ban‧de‧ra

Noun

bandera

1. flag

Makasar

Etymology

From Portuguese bandeira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈdera/, [ɓãn.ˈde.ra]
• Hyphenation: ban‧de‧ra

Noun

bandera (Lontara spelling ᨅᨉᨙᨑ or 𑻤𑻧𑻵𑻭, definite banderaya)

1. flag
2. (card games) one of the thirty types of cards in the patui and goang-gòng game

Derived terms

affixations

• aʼbandera
• paʼbanderàng

compounds

• lambaru bandera
• tukang bandera

Descendants

• → Dhuwal: bandirra'
• → Iwaidja: bandirran
• → Maung: pantirrang
• → Tiwi: pantirra

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[2], Brill, →DOI

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish bandera and Portuguese bandeira and Kabuverdianu bandera.

Noun

bandera

1. flag
2. banner

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian bandierabor.

Ottoman Turkish [Term?]bor.

Polish bandera

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], borrowed from Italian bandiera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈdɛ.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: ban‧de‧ra
• Homophone: Bandera

Noun

bandera f

1. ensign (the principal flag or banner flown by a ship to indicate nationality)

Declension

Declension of bandera

	singular	plural
nominative	bandera	bandery
genitive	bandery	bander
dative	banderze	banderom
accusative	banderę	bandery
instrumental	banderą	banderami
locative	banderze	banderach
vocative	bandero	bandery

Derived terms

adjective

• banderowy

noun

• tania bandera

Further reading

• “bandera”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “bandera”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• bandijera (dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bandiera (“flag, flag pole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banděːra/
• Hyphenation: ban‧de‧ra

Noun

bandéra f (Cyrillic spelling банде́ра)

1. pole (as in telephone pole or electric pole)
2. (Chakavian) flag
3. (Chakavian) flag pole

Declension

Declension of bandera

	singular	plural
nominative	bandera	bandere
genitive	bandere	bandera
dative	banderi	banderama
accusative	banderu	bandere
vocative	bandero	bandere
locative	banderi	banderama
instrumental	banderom	banderama

Synonyms

• (flag): zȃstava

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish banda

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Spanish -era

Spanish bandera

From banda + -era. Compare Portuguese bandeira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈdeɾa/ [bãn̪ˈd̪e.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ban‧de‧ra

Noun

bandera f (plural banderas)

1. flag, banner

   Synonym: estandarte

Derived terms

• a banderas desplegadas
• abanderar
• bajada de bandera
• bandera blanca
• bandera de combate
• bandera de inteligencia
• bandera de paz
• bandera de recluta
• bandera española
• bandera negra
• banderilla
• banderita
• beneficio de bandera
• cuarto de banderas
• de bandera
• guardabanderas
• hasta la bandera
• jura de bandera
• rendir la bandera

Related terms

• bandada
• bando

Descendants

• → Cebuano: bandera
• → Hiligaynon: bandera
• → Ilocano: bandera
• → Tagalog: bandila, bandera
• → Tarifit: abandu

Further reading

• “bandera”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish banda

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Spanish -era

Spanish banderabor.

Tagalog bandera

Borrowed from Spanish bandera. Compare Malay bendera. Doublet of bandila, an earlier borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /banˈdeɾa/ [bɐn̪ˈd̪ɛː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ban‧de‧ra

Noun

bandera (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ)

1. flag; banner; standard

   Synonyms: watawat, bandila

2. (colloquial) act of showing off or parading something

Derived terms

• banderahan
• ibandera
• magbandera

Related terms

• abanderado
• banda
• bandereta
• banderilya
• banderin

Further reading

• “bandera”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• beranda