muñón

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; compare muñeca (“wrist”) and moño (“bun”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muˈɲon/, [muˈɲõn]

Noun

muñón m (plural muñones)

the stump of a limb which has been lost
a part of the body which was incomplete at birth

Further reading

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

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