limón

/liˈmon/ · B1 · noun · m

lemon

limón — lemon

🍋 limón ≈ lemon: both come from Arabic laymūn

Spanish and English took the word from the same Arabic source, laymūn, which came from Persian. Swap the e in lemon for an i and stress the end: li-MÓN. It is masculine: el limón.

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