vellón

See also: vellon

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vellus, with the suffix -on.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beˈʝon/ [beˈʝõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /beˈʝon/ [beˈʝõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /beˈʎon/ [beˈʎõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /beˈʃon/ [beˈʃõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /beˈʒon/ [beˈʒõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ve‧llón

Noun

vellón m (plural vellones)

1. fleece

Derived terms

• real de vellón

Further reading

• “vellón”, 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