chichón

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Spanish

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given an etymology by DRAE. A discussion on Latin Stack Exchange offers some tentative proposals:[1]
  • chicha (“flesh”) +‎ -ón (“augmentative suffix”). This seems to be the most common explanation.
  • From an unattested Latin *citione, from citum (“supine form of cieō (“to set in motion, move”)”), with semantic shift "move" > "blow (hit)" > "bump".
  • Derived from Latin caesiō (“cutting”), from caedō (“to cut”).”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃon/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: chi‧chón

Adjective

chichón (feminine chichona, masculine plural chichones, feminine plural chichonas)

  1. joking
  2. (Latin America) having large breasts
    Synonym: pechugón

Noun

chichón m (plural chichones)

  1. bump on the head
    Synonym: bollo

References

  1. ^ https://latin.stackexchange.com/questions/9003/did-the-word-citione-meaning-bump-in-the-head-exist-in-latin

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