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Spanish
Etymology
From chillar + -ón.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /t͡ʃiˈʝon/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /t͡ʃiˈʎon/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃiˈʃon/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃiˈʒon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: chi‧llón
Adjective
chillón (feminine chillona, masculine plural chillones, feminine plural chillonas)
- flashy, bright
2015 July 10, “Mumford & Sons vence a la esquizofrenia”, in El País:Hasta tal punto que para cuando llegó uno de los primeros éxitos, la chillona, Gronlandic edit, su histriónico líder, Kevin Barnes, ya se había ido despojando de casi todas sus prendas y daba saltos en calzón blanco clásico de caballero agarrado a su SG. Estuvo bien mientras duró, aunque fuera demasiado pronto y el público necesitara, quizá, otra cosa.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- squeaky
- loud; rambunctious
- (Mexico) crybabyish; weepy
- (Mexico) cowardly
Noun
chillón m (plural chillones, feminine chillona, feminine plural chillonas)
- screamer, shouter, yeller
- Synonym: gritón
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