blando

Blando is a Spanish adjective meaning soft, yielding, or gentle. It is used to describe physical textures, such as pan blando (soft bread), queso blando (soft cheese), or tierra blanda (soft soil). It can also characterize less tangible qualities, for example a soft touch or a lenient approach.

Grammatically, blando is masculine singular; feminine forms are bland o and plural forms blandos or bland as, depending on gender and number. The word derives from Latin blandus, meaning pleasant or gentle, a root that also underlies related Romance-language terms referring to softness or mildness.

In addition to its adjectival use, blando appears as a surname in Spanish-speaking regions and can occur in geographic or historical names, although the common noun sense is far more widespread in daily use. Outside of Spanish, the form is rarely used as a regular vocabulary word, and it is more likely encountered as a personal name or within contexts tied to Spanish linguistic heritage.

Related concepts include the contrast with duro, meaning hard, and the broader notion of softness in materials, textures, and metaphors. The term is primarily dominant in Spanish-language discourse, where it remains a straightforward descriptor of tangible or intangible softness.