alforfón

Spanish

Etymology

From Galician alforfa (“forage”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix). See alfalfa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alfoɾˈfon/ [al.foɾˈfõn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: al‧for‧fón

Noun

alforfón m (uncountable)

1. buckwheat

   Synonym: trigo sarraceno

Further reading

• “alforfón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10