botellón
See also: botellon
Spanish
![](Images/wiktionary/Botell%C3%B3n_at_San_Giovanni.jpg.webp)
Botellón at night (2006)
Alternative forms
- botellon (obsolete)
Etymology
From botella + -ón, literally “big bottle”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /boteˈʝon/ [bo.t̪eˈʝõn]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /boteˈʎon/ [bo.t̪eˈʎõn]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /boteˈʃon/ [bo.t̪eˈʃõn]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /boteˈʒon/ [bo.t̪eˈʒõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: bo‧te‧llón
Noun
botellón m (plural botellones)
- (colloquial, Spain) street BYOB party, binge, binge drinking, booze-up (a Spanish activity when people (above all the teenagers and young adults) congregate in public places to socialize while drinking alcohol.)
- (colloquial, Mexico) demijohn
- Synonym: damajuana
Derived terms
- macrobotellón m
- botellódromo m
Further reading
- “botellón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
botellón on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
botellón on Wikipedia.Wikipedia