violón

Either from Italian violone or directly from viola +‎ -ón.

• IPA^(key): /bjoˈlon/ [bjoˈlõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: vio‧lón

violón m (plural violones)

1. an old-style double bass [from mid-16th c.]

violón m (plural violones, feminine violona, feminine plural violonas)

1. double bassist

• “violón”, 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
• “violón”, 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