tondo

[ton-doh, tawn-daw]

noun

plural

tondi 

1. a round painting or relief.

tondo

/ ˈtɒndəʊ /

noun

1. a circular easel painting or relief carving

Word History and Origins

Origin of tondo¹

First recorded in 1885–90; from Italian: “plate, circle, round painting,” noun use of the adjective: “round,” shortening of rotondo, from Latin rotundus “wheel-shaped, circular, round”

Word History and Origins

Origin of tondo¹

C19: from Italian: a circle, shortened from rotondo round

Example Sentences

At an impromptu rally in Tondo, a low-income neighbourhood in Manila's port area, Sara Duterte played an emotionally-charged video of the moment her father was taken into custody at Manila's international airport and put on a private jet to The Hague.

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His image is similarly ubiquitous chez Gardo, a shack without plumbing in Manila’s largest slum, Tondo.

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Years ago, while visiting Florence, Italy’s famed Uffizi gallery, screenwriter David Hemingson found himself captivated by the famed painting of the holy family known as the Doni Tondo.

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Helping this along is another inspiration taken from the Doni Tondo, in that Hemingson thinks of Barton’s temporarily vacant Barton school grounds as “a biodome.”

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Felizardo lived in Parola Tondo, sometimes described as Manila's worst slum.

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