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Spanish
Etymology
From barraca + -ón (augmentative suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baraˈkon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ba‧rra‧cón
Noun
barracón m (plural barracones)
- bunkhouse
1924, José Eustasio Rivera, El Vorágine:El barracón estaba situado sobre un arrecife que no se inunda, único refugio en aquel desierto.- The bunkhouse sat upon a reef that doesn't flood, the only shelter from that desert.
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