reventón

Spanish

Etymology

From reventar (“to explode, to crack”) +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rebenˈton/ [re.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: re‧ven‧tón

Noun

reventón m (plural reventones)

1. burst
2. party (social gathering)
3. a cultivar of maize, whose seeds are used for popcorn

Further reading

• “reventón”, 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