hinchazón

Spanish

Etymology

From hinchar +‎ -zón (found in Old Spanish as finchazón), possibly corresponding to Latin īnflātiōnem, and therefore a doublet of inflación. Compare Portuguese inchação, Italian enfiagione, dialectal French enflaison, archaic Romanian umflăciune.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /int͡ʃaˈθon/ [ĩnʲ.t͡ʃaˈθõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /int͡ʃaˈson/ [ĩnʲ.t͡ʃaˈsõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: hin‧cha‧zón

Noun

hinchazón f (plural hinchazones)

1. swelling

Related terms

• hinchar
• inflación

 

Further reading

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