gallón

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʝon/ [ɡaˈʝõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaˈʝon/ [ɡaˈʝõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ɡaˈʎon/ [ɡaˈʎõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˈʃon/ [ɡaˈʃõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈʒon/ [ɡaˈʒõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ga‧llón

Etymology 1

Noun

gallón m (plural gallones)

1. turf

   Synonym: césped

2. piece of sod

   Synonym: tepe

Etymology 2

Noun

gallón m (plural gallones)

1. (architecture) a kind of concave decorative feature; echinus

   See also: gallonado

Further reading

• “gallón”, 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