farallón

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology disputed.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /faɾaˈʝon/ [fa.ɾaˈʝõn]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /faɾaˈʎon/ [fa.ɾaˈʎõn]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /faɾaˈʃon/ [fa.ɾaˈʃõn]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /faɾaˈʒon/ [fa.ɾaˈʒõn]

Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: fa‧ra‧llón

Noun

farallón m (plural farallones)

(geology) stack, sea cliff

Further reading

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

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