mechón

Spanish

Etymology

From mecha +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈt͡ʃon/ [meˈt͡ʃõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: me‧chón

Noun

mechón m (plural mechones)

1. lock, tuft, strand (of hair)

Noun

mechón m (plural mechones, feminine mechona, feminine plural mechonas)

1. (Chile, colloquial) fresher, freshman (in university)

Further reading

• “mechón”, 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