estrellón
Spanish
Etymology
estrella + -ón
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /estɾeˈʝon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʝõn]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /estɾeˈʎon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʎõn]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /estɾeˈʃon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʃõn]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /estɾeˈʒon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʒõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: es‧tre‧llón
Noun
estrellón m (plural estrellones)
- (Latin America) car crash
- (astronomy) a large star
- celebrity (famous individual)
Further reading
- “estrellón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014