cabrón

• cabrom, cabrão (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabron (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from cabra +‎ -ón. Compare Portuguese cabrão, Spanish cabrón, Catalan cabró.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbɾoŋ/ [kɑˈβ̞ɾoŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: ca‧brón

cabrón m (plural cabróns, feminine cabrona, feminine plural cabronas)

1. billy goat

   Synonyms: bode, castrón, godallo

2. tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)
3. (vulgar, derogatory) cuckold
4. (vulgar, derogatory) bastard, motherfucker
5. (vulgar, derogatory) gay man

• cabra
• cabro

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cabron”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cabrõ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cabrón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cabrón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabrón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Augmentative of cabra ("goat"). Compare Portuguese cabrão, Italian caprone, Venetan cavron, Catalan cabró.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbɾon/ [kaˈβ̞ɾõn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ca‧brón

cabrón m (plural cabrones)

1. billy goat

   Synonym: cabro

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 19:

     Para asistir al aquelarre es preciso ser Brujo y rendir homenaje al cabrón que lo preside, el cual, en los días de reunión, se coloca a la entrada de la cueva.

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cabrón m (plural cabrones, feminine cabrona, feminine plural cabronas)

1. (derogatory) coward
2. (Mexico, Central America, Spain, Puerto Rico, vulgar, derogatory) bastard, motherfucker (compare English jackass)
3. (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, vulgar, derogatory) cuckold
4. (Latin America, derogatory) pimp (prostitution solicitor)
5. (Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, informal) mate, dude (term of endearment between friends)

   ¿Qué onda, cabrón? ― What's up, dude?

   Buenos días, cabrón! ― Good morning, mate!

cabrón (feminine cabrona, masculine plural cabrones, feminine plural cabronas)

1. (Puerto Rico slang) super cool

• “cabrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024