cartón

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word cartón. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word cartón, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say cartón in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word cartón you have here. The definition of the word cartón will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofcartón, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: carton and Carton

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in 1813. From carta +‎ -ón; compare Spanish cartón and Portuguese cartão.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈtoŋ/
  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Hyphenation: car‧tón

Noun

cartón m (plural cartóns)

  1. cardboard
    • 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos dun galego:
      Meigas, feitizos e bruxas
      que persigue a Inquisicion,
      sin mascara, socaliñas
      de cregos e frades son.
      Chamanlles bruxas à ás vellas
      por ter cara de carton;
      pero solamente hay meygas
      en donde hay Inquisicion.
      As femias da nosa especie
      de certa constitucion
      fan visaxes, e son tolas,
      pero feitizeiras non.
      Witches, spells and hexes,
      who are prosecuted by the Inquisition,
      maskless, hoaxes
      of priests and friars are.
      They call hex an old lady
      because her face is made of cardboard;
      but there are witches
      just where it is Inquisition.
      Females of our species,
      of certain constitution,
      make gestures, and are mad,
      but sorceresses they are not.
  2. card
  3. carton
    Quero un cartón de leite de vaca.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

From carta +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈton/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: car‧tón

Noun

cartón m (plural cartones)

  1. cardboard, paperboard
  2. cardboard box
  3. (colloquial, Bolivia, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Chile) certificate (A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course)

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams