callejón

Spanish

Etymology

From calleja (“narrow street”) +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaʝeˈxon/ [ka.ʝeˈxõn]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaʎeˈxon/ [ka.ʎeˈxõn]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaʃeˈxon/ [ka.ʃeˈxõn]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaʒeˈxon/ [ka.ʒeˈxõn]

Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: ca‧lle‧jón

Noun

callejón m (plural callejones)

Derived terms

callejón sin salida

Related terms

calle

Descendants

→ Tagalog: kalyehon

Further reading

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

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