noun, masculine/kampeˈon/plural: campeones
champion, champ (informal address)
Synonyms: máquina
Related: campeonar, campeonato, Liga de Campeones
Borrowed from Italian campione, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin campiō, campiōnem (“champion, fighter”), from Frankish *kampijō (or a Lombardic equivalent) from Proto-Germanic *kampijô, based on Latin campus (“level ground”).