gallón

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaˈʝon/ [ɡaˈʝõn]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡaˈʎon/ [ɡaˈʎõn]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˈʃon/ [ɡaˈʃõn]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈʒon/ [ɡaˈʒõn]

Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: ga‧llón

Noun

gallón m (plural gallones)

turf
Synonym: césped
piece of sod
Synonym: tepe

Noun

gallón m (plural gallones)

(architecture) a kind of concave decorative feature; echinus
See also: gallonado

Further reading

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

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