glotón

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gluttō, from gluttiō (“to swallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloˈton/ [ɡloˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: glo‧tón

Adjective

glotón (feminine glotona, masculine plural glotones, feminine plural glotonas)

1. gluttonous

Noun

glotón m (plural glotones, feminine glotona, feminine plural glotonas)

1. glutton (one who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess)
2. glutton, wolverine (mammal)

Derived terms

• glotonear

 

Further reading

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