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noun, masculine

garañón

/ɡaɾaˈɲon/

noun, masculine/ɡaɾaˈɲon/plural: garañones

an ass, camel, or horse that is a stud; a machoman; a sexually successful and virile man; a goat chosen to become a sire

Inherited from Old Spanish guarañón (“stud, stallion”), from Proto-Germanic *wranjonis, accusative of *wranjo, cognate of Dutch ruin and regional German Raune. Compare Portuguese garanhão, Occitan garanhon, and Old French gareignun.