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colchón

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Asturian

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Noun

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colchón m (plural colchones)

  1. mattress
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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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First attested in 1457. From colcha +‎ -ón, from Old French colche. Compare Portuguese colchão and Spanish colchón.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kolˈt͡ʃoŋ/ [kolʲˈt͡ʃoŋ]
  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Hyphenation: col‧chón

Noun

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colchón m (plural colchóns)

  1. mattress
    • 1484, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 127:
      Iten, mando mays á dita Contança Gonçales, miña muller, a quarta parte da adega dos Vrancos, por quanto eu e ela conpramos a metade da dita adega a Meen Suares Galinato, e mándolle mays a cuba en que teño o viño branco e mays outras duas cubas que son dentro ena dita adega aa maao esquerda, vasyas, que teñen cada una doze moyos de lagar, e mays lle mando una cama de roupa con quatro cabeçaás e un colchón e un almadraque e con suas sabaas e media duzia d'almofadas e con hua manta de picote, e se ouver em casa un par de colchas, que aja ela una delas.
      Item, I devise said Constanza González, my wife, a fourth of the wine cellar of Os Brancos, since we both bought a half of it from Men Suarez Galiñato; and I also bequeath a cask in which I have the white wine, and also two other casks that are inside that wine cellar, on the left, empty, each one having twelve modii; and also bequeath to her a clothed bed with four pillows and a mattress and a mat, and with its sheets and half a dozen cushions and a blanket of coarse linen, and if there is in the house a pair of quilts, she should have one of them
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Spanish

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Etymology

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From colcha +‎ -ón. Cognate with Portuguese colchão.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kolˈt͡ʃon/ [kolʲˈt͡ʃõn]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: col‧chón

Noun

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colchón m (plural colchones)

  1. mattress (pad on which a person can recline and sleep)
  2. buffer, cushion, padding (something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact)
  3. (figurative) nest egg

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Chavacano: colchon
  • Basque: koltxoi
  • Cebuano: kutson
  • Hiligaynon: koltson
  • Maguindanao: kutsun
  • Sambali: kotson
  • Tagalog: kutson

Further reading

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