callejón

Spanish

Etymology

From calleja (“narrow street”) +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaʝeˈxon/ [ka.ʝeˈxõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaʝeˈxon/ [ka.ʝeˈxõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kaʎeˈxon/ [ka.ʎeˈxõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaʃeˈxon/ [ka.ʃeˈxõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaʒeˈxon/ [ka.ʒeˈxõn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ca‧lle‧jón

Noun

callejón m (plural callejones)

1. alley, side street
2. blind alley

Derived terms

• callejón sin salida

 

Related terms

• calle

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: kalyehon

Further reading

• “callejón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16