glotón

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gluttō, from gluttiō (“to swallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloˈton/ [ɡloˈt̪õn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: glo‧tón

Adjective

glotón (feminine glotona, masculine plural glotones, feminine plural glotonas)

1. gluttonous

Noun

glotón m (plural glotones, feminine glotona, feminine plural glotonas)

1. glutton (one who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess)
2. glutton, wolverine (mammal)

Derived terms

• glotonear

 

Further reading

• “glotón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28