gallón

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʝon/ [ɡaˈʝõn] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʎon/ [ɡaˈʎõn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʃon/ [ɡaˈʃõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʒon/ [ɡaˈʒõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: ga‧llón

Etymology 1

Noun

gallón m (plural gallones)

turf
Synonym: césped
piece of sod
Synonym: tepe

Etymology 2

Noun

gallón m (plural gallones)

(architecture) a kind of concave decorative feature; echinus
See also: gallonado

Further reading

“gallón”, 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