barracón

Spanish

Etymology

From barraca +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baraˈkon/ [ba.raˈkõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ba‧rra‧cón

Noun

barracón m (plural barracones)

1. bunkhouse
   • 1924, José Eustasio Rivera, El Vorágine:

     El barracón estaba situado sobre un arrecife que no se inunda, único refugio en aquel desierto.

     The bunkhouse sat upon a reef that doesn't flood, the only shelter from that desert.

Further reading

• “barracón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28