machacón

Spanish

Etymology

From machacar +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃaˈkon/ [ma.t͡ʃaˈkõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ma‧cha‧cón

Adjective

machacón (feminine machacona, masculine plural machacones, feminine plural machaconas)

1. insistent, demanding
   • 2015 October 8, “Savall eleva el espíritu de Bogotá”, in El País‎^[1]:

     En ese ten con ten de tensiones machaconas, muchos se debatían entre acudir al Festival del Despecho o al de Música Sacra, que se cerró el domingo a cargo de Jordi Savall.

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2. annoying, tiresome

Further reading

• “machacón”, 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