cagazón

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From cagar (shit) +‎ -zón.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /kaɡaˈθon/ [ka.ɣ̞aˈθõn]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kaɡaˈson/ [ka.ɣ̞aˈsõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ca‧ga‧zón

Noun

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cagazón f (plural cagazones)

  1. (vulgar, colloquial, Central America, Paraguay, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) diarrhea
  2. (by metonymically, vulgar, colloquial, Central America, Cuba, Venezuela) fear; fright

Further reading

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  • cagazón” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.