león

• IPA^(key): /leˈoŋ/

león m pl

1. plural of leån

• leom, leão (reintegrationist)

From Latin leō.

• IPA^(key): /leˈoŋ/ [leˈoŋ]
  • Rhymes: -oŋ
• IPA^(key): /ˈljoŋ/ [ˈljoŋ]
  • Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: le‧ón

león m (plural leóns, feminine leoa, feminine plural leoas)

1. lion

• “león”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

• leó

Borrowed from Latin leō (“lion”).

león m (genitive leóns, plural leónir)

1. lion

• Icelandic: ljón
• Faroese: ljón
• Elfdalian: läjon
• Old Swedish: leon, leion, leyan
  • Swedish: lejon
    • → Finnish: leijona
    • → Northern Sami: ledjon

From Latin leōnem (compare Catalan lleó, French lion, Galician león, Italian leone, Portuguese leão, Romanian leu), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), of Semitic origin. Doublet of leu.

• IPA^(key): /leˈon/ [leˈõn]

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  • Rhymes: -on
• IPA^(key): /ˈljon/ [ˈljõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: le‧ón

león m (plural leones, feminine leona, feminine plural leonas)

1. lion
2. antlion

   Synonym: hormiga león

3. (heraldry) lion
4. (figurative) a brave person
5. (Central America, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela) cougar, puma, mountain lion

   Synonyms: león de montaña, pantera, puma

6. (soccer) a person connected with Athletic Bilbao, a Spanish football team from the city of Bilbao

• León de Nemea

• → Central Bikol: leon, leyon
• → Kapampangan: leon
• → Papiamentu: leon
• → Paraguayan Guarani: leõ
• → Quechua: liyun
• → Tagalog: leon

• “león”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• leño