# barón
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Old French baron.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈɾon/ [baˈɾõŋ]
* Rhymes: -on
* Syllabification: ba‧rón

### Noun

barón m (plural barones)
* baron

#### Related terms

* baronesa

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* barom, barão (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

From Old French baron. Doublet of varón.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈɾoŋ/ [baˈɾoŋ]
* Rhymes: -oŋ
* Hyphenation: ba‧rón
* Homophone: varón

### Noun

barón m (plural baróns)
* baron

#### Related terms

* baril
* baronesa
* baronía
* varón

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “baron”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “baron”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French baron.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaːrouːn/

### Noun

barón m (genitive singular baróns, nominative plural barónar)
* baron

#### Declension
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Southern Greater Poland) IPA: /ˈba.run/

### Noun

barón m animal
* (Southern Greater Poland) Alternative form of baran (“ram”)

### Further reading

* Dragan, Zofia (2013 February 16) “Słownik gwarowy z Bukówca Górnego”, in bukowiec-gorny.pl‎ (in Polish), archived from the original on 23 June 2020

## Slovincian
### Alternative forms

* baran

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.ron/
* Rhymes: -aron
* Syllabification: ba‧rón

### Noun

barón m animal (diminutive barónk, related adjective baranjy)
* ram (male sheep)

#### Derived terms

* baranjina
* baranjizna
* baranúszk
* rôzbaranjic pf

#### Related terms

* barónkôwy

### References

* Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “bãrȯu̯n”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 17

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Old Spanish baron, from Old French baron. Doublet of varón.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈɾon/ [baˈɾõn]
* Rhymes: -on
* Syllabification: ba‧rón
* Homophone: varón

### Noun

barón m (plural barones, feminine baronesa, feminine plural baronesas)
* baron (male ruler of a barony)
* (especially politics) baron, bigwig (person of great power in society, especially in business and politics)
    Synonym: gerifalte
** 2021 May 5, Elsa García de Blas, “Casado da por muerto a Cs y proclama el regreso del PP: “Volvemos a ser el gran partido de España””, in El País‎:Los barones, que después de las catalanas hicieron notar su malestar con la dirección nacional por la venta de la sede de Génova, se reconocen ahora satisfechos por el impulso que ha cogido de forma repentina el PP.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Casado assumes Cs as a dead party and proclaimes the comeback of the PP party: "We are again the greatest party in Spain" The barons that, after the Catalan elections did express their disapproval of the national management in relation with how they sold the Génova's Headquarters, they, now, are satisfied by the "all of a sudden" strength that has been gaining the PP.

#### Derived terms

* baronía

#### Related terms

* varón

### Further reading

* “barón”, 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

### Anagrams

* Nabor, obran, rabón, roban