embrollón

Spanish

Etymology

From embrollar +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /embɾoˈʝon/ [ẽm.bɾoˈʝõn]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /embɾoˈʎon/ [ẽm.bɾoˈʎõn]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /embɾoˈʃon/ [ẽm.bɾoˈʃõn]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /embɾoˈʒon/ [ẽm.bɾoˈʒõn]

Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: em‧bro‧llón

Noun

embrollón m (plural embrollones, feminine embrollona, feminine plural embrollonas)

troublemaker

Further reading

“embrollón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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