riñón

See also: Riñón, Riñon, and rin-ọn

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rēniōnem, from Latin rēn

Noun

riñón m (plural riñons)

1. kidney

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “riñón”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Noun

riñón m (plural riñones)

1. Alternative form of reñón

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rēniōnem, from Latin rēn (“kidney”), from Proto-Italic *hrēn, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (“an internal part of the body”). Cognate with Italian rognone and French rognon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈɲon/ [riˈɲõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ri‧ñón

Noun

riñón m (plural riñones)

1. kidney
2. kidney ore, hematite
3. (colloquial) an arm and a leg

   Esto cuesta un riñón

   This costs an arm and a leg

Derived terms

• arriñonado

 

Related terms

• derrengar
• rene

 

Further reading

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