riñón

/riˈɲon/ · B1 · noun · m

kidney

riñón — kidney

🫘 riñón comes from Latin renes, kidneys, the same root as English renal

Say riñón next to renal and you can hear the shared r-n core. Costar un riñón (to cost a kidney) is the Spanish way of saying something costs an arm and a leg.

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