robellón

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rubellus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /robeˈʝon/ [ro.β̞eˈʝõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /robeˈʝon/ [ro.β̞eˈʝõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /robeˈʎon/ [ro.β̞eˈʎõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /robeˈʃon/ [ro.β̞eˈʃõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /robeˈʒon/ [ro.β̞eˈʒõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ro‧be‧llón

Noun

robellón m (plural robellones)

1. saffron milk cap

   Synonym: níscalo

Further reading

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