muñeco

/muˈɲeko/ · B1 · noun · m

doll

muñeco — doll

🪆 Sounds like moon-YEH-co: a moon-faced doll; muñeco de nieve = snowman

Muñeca is a doll and muñeco is the masculine form: a male doll, a puppet or a figure. You'll hear it in muñeco de nieve (snowman). In slang, calling a man a muñeco means he's a pretty boy, as handsome as a doll.

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