valentón

Spanish

Etymology

From valiente +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balenˈton/ [ba.lẽn̪ˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: va‧len‧tón

Adjective

valentón (feminine valentona, masculine plural valentones, feminine plural valentonas)

1. acting with bravado

Derived terms

• envalentonar
• valentona
• valentonada

 

Noun

valentón m (plural valentones, feminine valentona, feminine plural valentonas)

1. a person acting with bravado

Further reading

• “valentón”, 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