Etymology Borrowed from Spanish machón (“buttress”). Pronunciation IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈt͡ʃo] IPA(key): (Valencia) [maˈt͡ʃo] Noun matxó m (plural matxons) pillar Synonym: pilar spire Synonym: agulla Further reading “matxó”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024