zampón

From zampar (“to scarf, to wolf down”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix).

• IPA^(key): /θamˈpon/ [θãmˈpõn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /samˈpon/ [sãmˈpõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: zam‧pón

zampón (feminine zampona, masculine plural zampones, feminine plural zamponas)

1. greedy
2. (Latin America) intrusive

zampón m (plural zampones, feminine zampona, feminine plural zamponas)

1. greedyguts

• “zampón”, 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
• “zampón”, 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