gorrón
Spanish
Etymology
From (de) gorra (“on someone's dime”) + -ón.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡoˈron/ [ɡoˈrõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: go‧rrón
Adjective
gorrón (feminine gorrona, masculine plural gorrones, feminine plural gorronas)
- freeloading
Noun
gorrón m (plural gorrones, feminine gorrona, feminine plural gorronas)
- freeloader
- Synonym: cafiche
Derived terms
- garronero (“freeloader”) (River Plate)
Related terms
- gorronear
Further reading
- “gorrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014