albardón
Spanish, noun/albaɾˈdon/
albardón is spelled A-L-B-A-R-D-Ó-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 145,755th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Albardón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “great packsaddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Trozos de tierra alta que se elevan en las márgenes de los ríos, lagunas y esteros, y charcas, que no se…”.
What does albardón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegreat packsaddle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trozos de tierra alta que se elevan en las márgenes de los ríos, lagunas y esteros, y charcas, que no se anegan con las crecidas. 2. Aparejo redondo o especie de albarda corta y más alta y mullida que las de carga. Se usa para montar. 3. Tipo de silla de montar, sin barras, hecha de paja, con dos palos redondos por fustes. Carece de armazón, por lo que es inestable. 4. Bestia de carga.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of albardón
- albardones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce albardón?
- /albaɾˈdon/
- [al.β̞aɾˈð̞õn]
- [alβ̞aɾˈð̞õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to albardón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is albardón in Spanish?
albardón appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).