terrón

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *terron: terra (earth) +‎ -ón. Cognate with Portuguese torrão and Spanish terrón.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈroŋ/ [t̪eˈroŋ]
  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Hyphenation: te‧rrón

Noun

terrón m (plural terróns)

  1. clod, divot, clump of earth
    Synonyms: baloco, leiba
  2. clump, lump (of any other substance)
    Synonym: pela
  3. turf, peat

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Augmentative. From tierra (earth, dirt) +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈron/ [t̪eˈrõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: te‧rrón

Noun

terrón m (plural terrones)

  1. clod, clump of earth
  2. clump, lump (of any other substance)
    Synonym: grumo

Derived terms

  • aterronar (verb)

Further reading