caballón

Spanish

Etymology

From caballo +‎ ón

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kabaˈʝon/ [ka.β̞aˈʝõn] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kabaˈʎon/ [ka.β̞aˈʎõn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kabaˈʃon/ [ka.β̞aˈʃõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kabaˈʒon/ [ka.β̞aˈʒõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ca‧ba‧llón

Noun

caballón m (plural caballones)

  1. a ridge of earth, especially between furrows, for irrigation, or as a result of a burial on the ground

Further reading

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