medallón

Spanish

Etymology

From medalla +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /medaˈʝon/ [me.ð̞aˈʝõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /medaˈʝon/ [me.ð̞aˈʝõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /medaˈʎon/ [me.ð̞aˈʎõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /medaˈʃon/ [me.ð̞aˈʃõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /medaˈʒon/ [me.ð̞aˈʒõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: me‧da‧llón

Noun

medallón m (plural medallones)

1. medallion
2. locket

   Synonym: guardapelo

Further reading

• “medallón”, 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