gruñón
Spanish, noun/ɡɾuˈɲon/
gruñón is spelled G-R-U-Ñ-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 53,393rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gruñón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “grouch, grump, grumbler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does gruñón mean in English?
adjective
- 1
grumpy, grouchy
noun
- 1
masculinegrouch, grump, grumbler
- 2
masculinegrowler, grunter
- 3
masculinegrunion
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propenso a musitar o emitir gruñidos u otros sonidos no verbales expresando su enfado.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gruñón
- gruñona feminine
- gruñones masculine plural
- gruñonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gruñón?
- /ɡɾuˈɲon/
- [ɡɾuˈɲõn]
- [gɾuˈɲõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gruñón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gruñón in Spanish?
gruñón appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).