zafacón

• safacón

Possibly from English Save a can, a WWII slogan accompanying the many recycling containers, but this origin is disputed with others citing an Arabic origin which better matches the spelling starting with z, rather than s.

• IPA^(key): /θafaˈkon/ [θa.faˈkõn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /safaˈkon/ [sa.faˈkõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: za‧fa‧cón

zafacón m (plural zafacones)

1. (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Panama) wastebasket, trashcan, garbage can, waste container

• “zafacón”, 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
• “safacón”, 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