balonmano

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

balonmano m (uncountable)

handball

Derived terms

balonmanista m or f by sense
balonmanístico m, balonmanística f

Further reading

“balonmano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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