sabañón

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sabaˈɲon/ [sa.β̞aˈɲõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: sa‧ba‧ñón

Noun

sabañón m (plural sabañones)

(pathology) chilblain
Synonym: friera
- 1979 [1847], Charlotte Brontë, chapter 7, in E. Vergara, transl., Jane Eyre, Círculo de Lectores, page 55:
  No usábamos guantes, y teníamos las manos y los pies llenos de sabañones.
  We didn't use gloves, and we had our hands and feet covered with chilblains.

Further reading

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.