medallón
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /medaˈʝon/ [me.ð̞aˈʝõn] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /medaˈʎon/ [me.ð̞aˈʎõn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /medaˈʃon/ [me.ð̞aˈʃõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /medaˈʒon/ [me.ð̞aˈʒõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: me‧da‧llón
Noun
medallón m (plural medallones)
- medallion
- locket
- Synonym: guardapelo
Further reading
- “medallón”, 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