somatón
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /somaˈton/ [so.maˈt̪õn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: so‧ma‧tón
Noun
somatón f (plural somatones) (colloquial)
- (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a heavy fall
- (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a heavy blow
Further reading
- “somatón”, 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
- “somatón”, 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