estrellón
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /estɾeˈʝon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʝõn] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /estɾeˈʎon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʎõn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /estɾeˈʃon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʃõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /estɾeˈʒon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʒõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025