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león

See also: leon, Leon, leòn, León, and Léon

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Latin leō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

león m (plural leóns)

  1. lion

Old Norse edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin leō (“lion”).

Noun edit

león m (genitive leóns, plural leónir)

  1. lion

Declension edit

  Declension of león (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative león leóninn leónir leónirnir
accusative león leóninn leóni leónina
dative león leóninum leónum leónunum
genitive leóns leónsins leóna leónanna

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: ljón
  • Faroese: ljón
  • Elfdalian: läjon
  • Old Swedish: leon, leion, leyan

Spanish edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Latin leōnem (compare Catalan lleó, French lion, Galician león, Italian leone, Portuguese leão, Romanian leu), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), of Semitic origin. Doublet of leu.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /leˈon/ [leˈõn]
    • Rhymes: -on
    • Syllabification: le‧ón
  • IPA(key): /leo̯n/

Noun edit

león m (plural leones, feminine leona, feminine plural leonas)

  1. lion
  2. antlion
    Synonym: hormiga león
  3. (heraldry) lion
  4. (figurative) a brave person
  5. (Central America, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela) cougar, puma, mountain lion
    Synonyms: león de montaña, pantera, puma
  6. (soccer) a person connected with Athletic Bilbao, a Spanish football team from the city of Bilbao

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