sazón

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sazon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), inherited from Latin satiōnem (“a sowing, planting”), from serere (“to sow”). Cognate with Portuguese sazão and Spanish sazón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈθoŋ/, (western) /saˈsoŋ/

Noun

sazón f (plural sazóns)

1. time, season, occasion
2. ripeness
3. heat (a condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate)

   Synonyms: celo, estro

4. correct soil humidity for sowing

   Synonym: lentura

References

• “sazon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “saçon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “sazon” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “sazón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “sazón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “sazón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin satiōnem (“a sowing, planting”), from serere (“to sow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /saˈθon/ [saˈθõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /saˈson/ [saˈsõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: sa‧zón

Noun

sazón f (plural sazones)

1. ripeness

   Synonym: madurez

2. (formal) season
3. flavor, seasoning

   Synonyms: gusto, sabor

Derived terms

• a la sazón
• desazón
• en sazón
• sazonador
• sazonar

 

Further reading

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