refunfuñón

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish refunfuñar

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ō

Spanish -ón

Spanish refunfuñón

From refunfuñar (“to grumble; to growl”) + -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refunfuˈɲon/ [re.fũɱ.fuˈɲõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: re‧fun‧fu‧ñón

Noun

refunfuñón m (plural refunfuñones, feminine refunfuñona, feminine plural refunfuñonas)

1. a person who grumbles or growls often

Adjective

refunfuñón (feminine refunfuñona, masculine plural refunfuñones, feminine plural refunfuñonas)

1. (of a person) who grumbles or growls often

Further reading

• “refunfuñón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025