leño

See also: leno, léno, and lēno

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lignum, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no- (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈleɲo/ [ˈle.ɲo]
Rhymes: -eɲo
Syllabification: le‧ño

Noun

leño m (plural leños)

log; piece of wood, timber
(Mexico, Honduras, slang) joint (marijuana cigarette)

Derived terms

dormir como un leño

Related terms

Verb

leño

first-person singular present indicative of leñar

Further reading

“leño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

león

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