callejón
Spanish
Etymology
From calleja (“narrow street”) + -ón.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaʝeˈxon/ [ka.ʝeˈxõn]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaʎeˈxon/ [ka.ʎeˈxõn]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaʃeˈxon/ [ka.ʃeˈxõn]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaʒeˈxon/ [ka.ʒeˈxõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ca‧lle‧jón
Noun
callejón m (plural callejones)
- alley, side street
- blind alley
Derived terms
- callejón sin salida
Related terms
- calle
Descendants
- → Tagalog: kalyehon
Further reading
- “callejón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014