tostón
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tosˈton/ [t̪osˈt̪õn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: tos‧tón
Noun
tostón m (plural tostones)
- fried slice of unripe plantain
- Synonyms: (or just frito) frito verde, patacón
- (Murcia) popcorn
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita
- (obsolete, El Salvador) a coin worth 50 cents of a Salvadoran colón
- (colloquial, Mexico) a coin or a banknote worth 50 Mexican pesos
- bore (something boring)
Related terms
- (Salvadoran 50 cent coin): peseta (El Salvador), cora (El Salvador)
Further reading
- “tostón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014