regatón

Galician

Etymology

First attested in the 15th century. From regatear (“to haggle”) +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /reɡaˈtoŋ/ [re.ɣ̞ɑˈt̪oŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /reɡaˈtoŋ/ [re.ɣ̞ɑˈt̪oŋ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /reħaˈtoŋ/ [re.ħɑˈt̪oŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: re‧ga‧tón

Noun

regatón m (plural regatóns, feminine regatona, feminine plural regatonas)

1. reseller
   • 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 76:

     Iten que regaton nen regateira nen outra persona algũa non seja ousado de conprar enna çidade nen fora dela duas legoas arredor cousa algũa para a regatar et vender outra ves so pena adeante contiuda.

     Item, that no reseller, man or woman, nor anyone else, dares to buy —in this city or outside of it two leagues around— anything for reselling and selling again under the penalty that is set forth

   Synonym: regateiro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “regatar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “regato”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “regatón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “regatón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

From regatear (“to haggle”) +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reɡaˈton/ [re.ɣ̞aˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: re‧ga‧tón

Adjective

regatón (feminine regatona, masculine plural regatones, feminine plural regatonas)

1. keen on bartering

Noun

regatón m (plural regatones, feminine regatona, feminine plural regatonas)

1. haggler; barterer
2. ferrule

Further reading

• “regatón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014