barracón

Spanish

Etymology

From barraca +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baraˈkon/ [ba.raˈkõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: ba‧rra‧cón

Noun

barracón m (plural barracones)

bunkhouse
- 1924, José Eustasio Rivera, El Vorágine:
  El barracón estaba situado sobre un arrecife que no se inunda, único refugio en aquel desierto.
  The bunkhouse sat upon a reef that doesn't flood, the only shelter from that desert.

Further reading

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

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