sillón

See also: sillon

Spanish

Etymology

From silla +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siˈʝon/ [siˈʝõn] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /siˈʎon/ [siˈʎõn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /siˈʃon/ [siˈʃõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /siˈʒon/ [siˈʒõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: si‧llón

Noun

sillón m (plural sillones)

armchair
Synonyms: poltrona, butaca

Hyponym: (to specify) sillón reclinable (“recliner, reclinable chair, La-Z-Boy”)
recliner
Synonyms: reposera, sillón reclinable

Derived terms

sillón de hamaca

See also

asiento

Further reading

“sillón”, 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