estrellón

Spanish

Etymology

From estrella +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /estɾeˈʝon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʝõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /estɾeˈʝon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʝõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /estɾeˈʎon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʎõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /estɾeˈʃon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʃõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /estɾeˈʒon/ [es.t̪ɾeˈʒõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: es‧tre‧llón

Noun

estrellón m (plural estrellones)

1. (astronomy) a large star
2. celebrity (famous individual)
3. (Latin America) car crash

Further reading

• “estrellón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014