caballón

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Spanish

Etymology

From caballo +‎ ón

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kabaˈʝon/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kabaˈʎon/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kabaˈʃon/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kabaˈʒon/

  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ca‧ba‧llón

Noun

caballón m (plural caballones)

  1. a ridge of earth, especially between furrows, for irrigation, or as a result of a burial on the ground

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