barracón

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From barraca +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /baraˈkon/ [ba.raˈkõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ba‧rra‧cón

Noun[edit]

barracón m (plural barracones)

  1. bunkhouse
    • 1924, José Eustasio Rivera, El Vorágine:
      El barracón estaba situado sobre un arrecife que no se inunda, único refugio en aquel desierto.
      The bunkhouse sat upon a reef that doesn't flood, the only shelter from that desert.

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