empollón

Spanish

Etymology

From empollar +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /empoˈʝon/ [ẽm.poˈʝõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /empoˈʝon/ [ẽm.poˈʝõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /empoˈʎon/ [ẽm.poˈʎõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /empoˈʃon/ [ẽm.poˈʃõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /empoˈʒon/ [ẽm.poˈʒõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: em‧po‧llón

Adjective

empollón (feminine empollona, masculine plural empollones, feminine plural empollonas)

1. (Spain) nerdy

Noun

empollón m (plural empollones, feminine empollona, feminine plural empollonas)

1. (Spain, derogatory) wonk, swot, nerd

   Synonyms: chapón, (Spain) chapona, (Chile) mateo, (Spain) pitagorín

Related terms

• empollar

 

Further reading

• “empollón”, 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