balonmano

Spanish

Etymology

A semantic calque of German Handball, from balón (“ball”) +‎ mano (“hand”).

Noun

balonmano m (uncountable)

1. handball

Derived terms

• balonmanista m or f by sense
• balonmanístico m, balonmanística f

Further reading

• “balonmano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10