pabellón

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French paveillon, from Latin pāpiliōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pabeˈʝon/ [pa.β̞eˈʝõn]

• IPA^(key): /pabeˈʝon/ [pa.β̞eˈʝõn] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pabeˈʎon/ [pa.β̞eˈʎõn] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /pabeˈʃon/ [pa.β̞eˈʃõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /pabeˈʒon/ [pa.β̞eˈʒõn] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /pabeˈon/ [pa.β̞eˈõn] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pa‧be‧llón

Noun

pabellón m (plural pabellones)

1. pavilion
2. (Chile) operating room

   Synonym: quirófano

3. ensign (national flag flown on a vessel)

   Synonyms: enseña, pabellón nacional, bandera de popa

4. (Venezuela) ellipsis of pabellón criollo
5. (music) bell (part of a wind instrument)

   Synonym: campana

Derived terms

• pabellón criollo

Further reading

• “pabellón”, 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