cabrón
See also: Cabron
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cabron (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from cabra + -ón. Compare Portuguese cabrão, Spanish cabrón, Catalan cabró.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈβɾoŋ/
Noun
cabrón m (plural cabróns, feminine cabrona, feminine plural cabronas)
- billy goat
- tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)
- (vulgar, derogatory) cuckold
- (vulgar, derogatory) bastard, motherfucker
- (vulgar, derogatory) gay man
References
- “cabron” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cabrõ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cabrón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cabrón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cabrón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
Augmentative of cabra. Compare Portuguese cabrão, Italian caprone, Venetian cavron, Catalan cabró.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈbɾon/ [kaˈβ̞ɾõn]
- (Castilian)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ca‧brón
Noun
cabrón m (plural cabrones, feminine cabrona, feminine plural cabronas)
- (derogatory) coward
- (vulgar, derogatory, Mexico, Central America, Spain, Puerto Rico) bastard, motherfucker (compare English jackass)
- (vulgar, derogatory, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba) cuckold
- (derogatory, Latin America) pimp (prostitution solicitor)
- (informal, Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico) mate, dude (term of endearment between friends)
- ¿Qué onda, cabrón? ― What's up, dude?
- Buenos días, cabrón! ― Good morning, mate!
Adjective
cabrón (feminine cabrona, masculine plural cabrones, feminine plural cabronas)
- (Puerto Rico slang) super cool
Further reading
- “cabrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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