zambullón
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θambuˈʝon/ [θãm.buˈʝõn] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
- IPA(key): /θambuˈʎon/ [θãm.buˈʎõn] (rural northern Spain)
- IPA(key): /sambuˈʝon/ [sãm.buˈʝõn] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /sambuˈʎon/ [sãm.buˈʎõn] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: zam‧bu‧llón
Noun
zambullón m (plural zambullones)
- plunging into water
- Synonyms: chapuzón, zambullida
Further reading
- “zambullón”, 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
- “zambullón”, 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