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Spanish
Etymology
From empollar + -ón.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /empoˈʝon/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /empoˈʎon/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /empoˈʃon/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /empoˈʒon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: em‧po‧llón
Adjective
empollón (feminine empollona, masculine plural empollones, feminine plural empollonas)
- (Spain) nerdy
Noun
empollón m (plural empollones, feminine empollona, feminine plural empollonas)
- (Spain, derogatory) wonk, swot, nerd
- Synonyms: chapón, (Spain) chapona, (Chile) mateo, (Spain) pitagorín
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