rodrigón

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from a blend of Late Latin ridicŭla and Latin ridīca (“vine-prop, stake”), suffixed in Spanish with -ón. Compare Galician rodriga.

Noun

rodrigón m (plural rodrigones)

1. trellis or similar support for plants

Further reading

• “rodrigón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10