polerón
Spanish
Etymology
From polera (“sweater”) + -ón.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poleˈɾon/ [po.leˈɾõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: po‧le‧rón
Noun
polerón m (plural polerones)
- (South America, especially Chile, Bolivia) thick winter sweater, sometimes with an integral hood
Further reading
- “polerón”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010