sesentón

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish sesenta

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ō

Spanish -ón

Spanish sesentón

From sesenta + -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sesenˈton/ [se.sẽn̪ˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: se‧sen‧tón

Adjective

sesentón (feminine sesentona, masculine plural sesentones, feminine plural sesentonas)

1. sixtyish (years old)

Noun

sesentón m (plural sesentones, feminine sesentona, feminine plural sesentonas)

1. a man of around sixty years old

Further reading

• “sesentón”, 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