estrellón

Spanish

Etymology

From estrella +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /estɾeˈʝon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʝõn]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /estɾeˈʎon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʎõn]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /estɾeˈʃon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʃõn]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /estɾeˈʒon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʒõn]

Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: es‧tre‧llón

Noun

estrellón m (plural estrellones)

(astronomy) a large star
celebrity (famous individual)
(Latin America) car crash

Further reading

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

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