camellón
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kameˈʝon/ [ka.meˈʝõn] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kameˈʎon/ [ka.meˈʎõn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kameˈʃon/ [ka.meˈʃõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kameˈʒon/ [ka.meˈʒõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ca‧me‧llón
Noun
camellón m (plural camellones)
- ridge
- levee, dike
- sawhorse
- camlet (fabric)
- (Guatemala, Mexico) median; a dividing strip between two lanes of a road
- (Guatemala, Panama) curb (of a road)
Further reading
- “camellón”, 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