garañón

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited 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]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ga‧ra‧ñón

Noun

garañón m (plural garañones)

1. an ass, camel, or horse that is a stud
2. a machoman; a sexually successful and virile man
3. a goat chosen to become a sire

Further reading

• “garañón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014