buchón
Spanish, noun/buˈt͡ʃon/
buchón is spelled B-U-C-H-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buchón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pouter (pigeon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Informante de la policía, o en general delator”.
What does buchón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepouter (pigeon)
- 2
Mexicomasculinedrug trafficker
- 3
masculinesnitch, informer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Informante de la policía, o en general delator. 2. Persona dedicada a la venta y distribución de droga. Narcotraficante.
adjective: 1. Que tiene el buche grande o la capacidad de inflarlo hasta un volumen considerable. 2. Dicho de una persona, afectada de bocio.
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 buchón
- buchones plural
- buchona feminine
- buchonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce buchón?
- /buˈt͡ʃon/
- [buˈt͡ʃõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is buchón in Spanish?
buchón appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).