farallón

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology disputed.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /faɾaˈʝon/ [fa.ɾaˈʝõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /faɾaˈʝon/ [fa.ɾaˈʝõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /faɾaˈʎon/ [fa.ɾaˈʎõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /faɾaˈʃon/ [fa.ɾaˈʃõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /faɾaˈʒon/ [fa.ɾaˈʒõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: fa‧ra‧llón

Noun

farallón m (plural farallones)

1. (geology) stack, sea cliff

Further reading

• “farallón”, 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