riñón
Aragonese
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rēniōnem, from Latin rēn
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “riñón”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
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)
- kidney
- kidney ore, hematite
- (colloquial) an arm and a leg
- Esto cuesta un riñón
- This costs an arm and a leg
Derived terms
Further reading
- “riñón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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