figurón

See also: figuron

Spanish

Etymology

From figura +‎ -ón.

Noun

figurón m (plural figurones)

(nautical) figurehead
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:
  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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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