zacatón

From zacate (“grass”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix).

• IPA^(key): /θakaˈton/ [θa.kaˈt̪õn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /sakaˈton/ [sa.kaˈt̪õn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: za‧ca‧tón

zacatón m (plural zacatones)

1. Mexican broomroot (Muhlenbergia macroura)

• zacatonero (“New World sparrow”)

• → English: sacaton

• “zacatón”, 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
• “zacatón”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010