aventón

Spanish

Etymology

From aventar +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abenˈton/ [a.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪õn]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: a‧ven‧tón

Noun

aventón m (plural aventones)

1. (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Chile) ride, lift

   Synonyms: (El Salvador) rai, (Mexico) raite

   dar un aventón ― to give a ride

   ¿Le puedes dar un aventón? ― Can you give her a ride?

2. (Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru) push

   Synonym: empujón

Further reading

• “aventón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10