tostón

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tosˈton/ [t̪osˈt̪õn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: tos‧tón

Noun

tostón m (plural tostones)

fried slice of unripe plantain
Synonyms: (or just frito) frito verde, patacón
(Murcia) popcorn
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita
(obsolete, El Salvador) a coin worth 50 cents of a Salvadoran colón
(colloquial, Mexico) a coin or a banknote worth 50 Mexican pesos
bore (something boring)

Related terms

Salvadoran 50 cent coin

cora (El Salvador)
peseta (El Salvador)

Further reading

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

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