alalimón

See also: al alimón

Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

alalimón m (uncountable)

1. (archaic) a game consisting of two lines of people holding hands, each group facing each other, and they step forward and backwards chanting "Alalimón, alalimón, que se ha roto la fuente"

Related terms

• al alimón

 

Further reading

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