muñón

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɲon/ [muˈɲõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: mu‧ñón

Noun

muñón m (plural muñones)

1. the stump of a limb which has been lost

   Synonym: ñuco

2. a part of the body which was incomplete at birth
3. deltoids

   Synonym: deltoides

4. (military) a piece of large firearm hardware made up of cylinders that hold a gun carriage in place while it is rotated

Further reading

• “muñón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28