bolón

Spanish

Etymology

From bola (“ball”) +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈlon/ [boˈlõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: bo‧lón

Noun

bolón m (plural bolones)

1. a type of food made from mashed banana
2. (colloquial, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Paraguay) a lot; a bunch

Further reading

• “bolón”, 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
• “bolón” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010