calefón

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaleˈfon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ca‧le‧fón

Noun

calefón m (plural calefones)

  1. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay) water heater
    Synonyms: calentador, caldera
    • 2015 July 31, “La racionalidad del señor Trump”, in El País:
      Es el resentimiento de Cambalache pero en el sur americano, no el argentino, que pone a la Biblia junto a la pick up, no junto al calefón, y que también detesta este mundo que es y será una porquería.
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