zampón

Spanish

Etymology

From zampar (“to scarf, to wolf down”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θamˈpon/ [θãmˈpõn]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /samˈpon/ [sãmˈpõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: zam‧pón

Adjective

zampón (feminine zampona, masculine plural zampones, feminine plural zamponas)

greedy

Noun

zampón m (plural zampones, feminine zampona, feminine plural zamponas)

greedyguts

Further reading

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

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