gallón

See also: Gallón and Gallon

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʝon/ [ɡaˈʝõn]

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʝon/ [ɡaˈʝõn] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʎon/ [ɡaˈʎõn] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʃon/ [ɡaˈʃõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʒon/ [ɡaˈʒõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ga‧llón

Etymology 1

Noun

gallón m (plural gallones)

1. turf

   Synonym: césped

2. piece of sod

   Synonym: tepe

Etymology 2

Noun

gallón m (plural gallones)

1. (architecture) a kind of concave decorative feature; echinus

   See also: gallonado

Further reading

• “gallón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025