empellón

Spanish

Etymology

From empeller +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /empeˈʝon/ [ẽm.peˈʝõn] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /empeˈʎon/ [ẽm.peˈʎõn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /empeˈʃon/ [ẽm.peˈʃõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /empeˈʒon/ [ẽm.peˈʒõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: em‧pe‧llón

Noun

empellón m (plural empellones)

  1. push, shove, jostle
    Synonym: empujón
    • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “El juguete rabioso”, in El juguete rabioso:
      De las calles de sombra formadas por los altos muros de los galpones, pasaba a la terrible claridad del sol, a instantes un empellón me arrojaba a un costado
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