empollón

Spanish

Etymology

From empollar +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /empoˈʝon/ [ẽm.poˈʝõn]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /empoˈʎon/ [ẽm.poˈʎõn]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /empoˈʃon/ [ẽm.poˈʃõn]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /empoˈʒon/ [ẽm.poˈʒõn]

Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: em‧po‧llón

Adjective

empollón (feminine empollona, masculine plural empollones, feminine plural empollonas)

(Spain) nerdy

Noun

empollón m (plural empollones, feminine empollona, feminine plural empollonas)

(Spain, derogatory) wonk, swot, nerd
Synonyms: chapón, (Spain) chapona, (Chile) mateo, (Spain) pitagorín

Related terms

empollar

Further reading

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

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