No. 7,168 in Spanish
fontao
"Fontao" is a colloquial term in some Spanish dialects, meaning "lucky" or "fortunate."
In a sentence
En el campo encontramos un antiguo fontao.
In the countryside, we found an old fountain.
Fontao is used to refer to a rural or traditional fountain.
El fontao del pueblo tiene un agua muy fresca.
The town's fountain has very fresh water.
Fontao is describing a public fountain in a village or small town.
Hemos teñido el lienzo con extrañas formas en el fontao de la escuela.
We have dyed the canvas with strange shapes at the school's fountain.
Fontao is used in the context of a fountain as part of a place, such as a school.
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