Masculino

jamón

(Inglés)

  1. (masculine) ham (the thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat)
  2. (masculine) ham, gammon (meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food)

Frecuencia

C1
Con guión como
ja‧món
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/xaˈmon/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

In summary

Borrowed from French jambon, an augmentative of jambe (“leg”). In this sense, displaced earlier pernil. Cognate with English gammon.

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