garañón
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish guarañón (“stud, stallion”), from Proto-Germanic *wranjonis, accusative of *wranjo, cognate of Dutch ruin and regional German Raune. Compare Portuguese garanhão, Occitan garanhon, and Old French gareignun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaɾaˈɲon/ [ɡa.ɾaˈɲõn]
Audio (Chile) (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ga‧ra‧ñón
Noun
garañón m (plural garañones)
- an ass, camel, or horse that is a stud
- a machoman; a sexually successful and virile man
- a goat chosen to become a sire
Further reading
- “garañón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014