bordón
Spanish, noun/boɾˈdon/
bordón is spelled B-O-R-D-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 74,340th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bordón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “staff, cane (stick used for support)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bastón o palo más alto que la estatura de un hombre, con una punta de hierro, y en el medio de la cabeza unos…”.
What does bordón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestaff, cane (stick used for support)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bastón o palo más alto que la estatura de un hombre, con una punta de hierro, y en el medio de la cabeza unos botones que lo adornan. 2. Verso quebrado que se repite al fin de cada copla. 3. Voz o frase que inadvertidamente y por vicioso hábito repite una persona con mucha frecuencia en la conversación. 4. Persona que guía y sostiene a otra.
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 bordón
- bordones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bordón?
- /boɾˈdon/
- [boɾˈð̞õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bordón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bordón in Spanish?
bordón appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).