jirón
Spanish
Etymology
From French giron (“lap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xiˈɾon/ [xiˈɾõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ji‧rón
Noun
jirón m (plural jirones)
- rag; shred
- (heraldry) gyron
- (Peru) a typically narrow urban street; a lane
- 2022 September 21, “Chorrillos: Mototaxista fue atacado de cinco balazos por no pagar S/5 diarios a extorsionadores”, in Infobae, archived from the original on October 2, 2022, retrieved December 19, 2022:
- Una cámara de seguridad logró registrar el preciso instante del ataque de dos disparos hacia el bazar ubicado en la cuadra 2 del jirón Pocitos.
- A security camera managed to record the precise moment of the attack when two shots were fired towards the bazaar located on block 2 of Pocitos lane.
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Derived terms
- jironado
See also
- brizna f
- mechón m
- trapo m
- voluta f
Further reading
- “jirón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014