hormigón

From hormigo (“porridge”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix).

• IPA^(key): /oɾmiˈɡon/ [oɾ.miˈɣ̞õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: hor‧mi‧gón

hormigón m (plural hormigones)

1. concrete (building material)

   Synonym: concreto (Latin America)

   • 1549, Diego de Sagredo, Medidas del Romano […] , Toledo: Remón de Petras, f. 37 v.:

     […] y deſte tal hormigon ſon edificadas las termas y otros muchos edificios antiguos en roma.

     […] and of such concrete are built the thermae and many other ancient buildings in Rome.

   • 2011, Natascha Kampusch, translated by Carmen Bas Álvarez, 3.096 días [3 096 Days], Aguilar, translation of 3096 Tage (in German), →ISBN:

     Estaba enterrada en hormigón. Encerrada en un zulo hermético.

     I was buried in concrete. Trapped in a hermetic hole.

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2. (Uruguay, colloquial) road

• “hormigón”, 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