cinturón
Spanish
Etymology
From cintura + -ón. Compare Portuguese cinturão.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θintuˈɾon/ [θĩn̪.t̪uˈɾõn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /sintuˈɾon/ [sĩn̪.t̪uˈɾõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: cin‧tu‧rón
Noun
cinturón m (plural cinturones)
Hyponyms
- Cinturón Bíblico, Cinturón de la Biblia (“Bible Belt”)
- Cinturón de Fuego
- Cinturón del Algodón (“Cotton Belt”)
- cinturón maicero, Cinturón del maíz (“Corn Belt”)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: sinturón
Further reading
- “cinturón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025