leão
Meaning
- (masculine) lion (mammal)
- (masculine) lion
Frequency
Hyphenated as
le‧ão
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/leˈɐ̃w̃/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese leon (“lion”), from Latin leōnem (“lion”), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Cognate with Galician and Spanish león, Catalan lleó, Occitan leon, French lion, Italian leone, and Romanian leu.
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