calderón
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From caldera (“cauldron”) + -ón, or from a derivative of Late Latin caldaria or Latin caldarium. Compare Portuguese caldeirão, Italian calderone and French chaudron. Doublet of chodrón.
Noun
[edit]calderón m (plural calderones)
- (cetaceans) pilot whale
- (music) fermata
- (typography) pilcrow, (the symbol ¶)
- large cauldron
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “calderón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014