jabón

See also: jabon and jabōn

Spanish

Alternative forms

• xabon (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, sāpō, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈbon/ [xaˈβ̞õn]

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• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈbon/ [ʃaˈβ̞õn] (Early Modern Spanish)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ja‧bón

Noun

jabón m (plural jabones)

1. soap; a bar of soap

Derived terms

• dar jabón
• dar un jabón
• enjabonar
• jabón de Castilla
• jabón de Marsella
• jabonar
• jabonera
• jabonero
• jabonoso
• pompa de jabón

Descendants

• → Aymara: jawuna
• → Basque: xaboi
• → Central Bikol: sabon
• → Binukid: sabun
• → Cebuano: sabon
• → Central Tunebo: jabona
• → Chamicuro: shawona
• → Southern Ohlone: hawun
• → Cuyunon: sabon
• → Hiligaynon: habon
• → Ilocano: sabon
• → Isthmus Zapotec: xabú
• → K'iche': xob'on
• →? Malay: sabun (see there for further descendants)
• → Mayo: saábom
• → Mecayapan Nahuatl: xapo̱n
• → Mezquital Otomi: xabo
• → O'odham: ṣawoñ
• → Papiamentu: habon
• → Paraguayan Guarani: havõ
• → Tagalog: sabon
• → Waray-Waray: sabon
• → Japanese: シャボン (shabon)
• → Okinawan: サフン (safun)
• →? Hokkien: 雪文 (sap-bûn)
  • → Amis: safon
  • → Kavalan: sabun
  • → Puyuma: sabun
  • → Tsou: savungu

Further reading

• “jabón”, 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

Anagrams

• bajón