león

Meaning

1. (masculine) lion
2. (masculine) antlion
3. (masculine) lion
4. (figuratively, masculine) a brave person
5. (Central-America, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, masculine) cougar, puma, mountain lion
6. (masculine) a person connected with Athletic Bilbao, a Spanish football team from the city of Bilbao

Concepts

lion

🦁

puma

lions

Leo

♌

Panthera leo

Chinese lion

Fu dog

king of beasts

lioness ж.

lioness

zodiac

Lion

🦁

Synonyms

puma

leon

simba

rey de la selva

panthera leo

leona ж.

maricón

pardo león

Translations

Löwe

🦁

lion

🦁

leão

🦁

leeuw

🦁

leone

🦁

λιοντάρι

leo

🦁

lleó

🦁

aslan

🦁

leon

أسد

🦁

şêr

🦁

leō

Löwin

Hyphenated as

le‧ón

Pronounced as (IPA)

/leˈon/

Etymology

Cognate with Catalan: lleó

Cognate with French: lion

Cognate with Galician: león

Cognate with Italian: leone

Cognate with Portuguese: leão

Cognate with Romanian: leu

In summary

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.