figurón

See also: figuron

Spanish

Etymology

From figura +‎ -ón.

Noun

figurón m (plural figurones)

1. (nautical) figurehead
2. figurehead (someone in a position of leadership with no actual power)
   • 2015 October 26, “El cómico Jimmy Morales, elegido presidente de Guatemala”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Ninguno de los figurones del panteón guatemalteco le ha podido dar caza.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• comedia de figurón
• figurón de proa

 

Further reading

• “figurón”, 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