cantón
Spanish, noun/kanˈton/
cantón is spelled C-A-N-T-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,726th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cantón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “canton, district” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lugar donde convergen dos paredes o superficies análogas”.
What does cantón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecanton, district
- 2
masculinecanton: division of a flag
- 3
masculinecanton: square charge placed on a coat of arms, occupying one third of the chief
- 4
masculinealley, side street
- 5
Mexicomasculinehome, crib
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lugar donde convergen dos paredes o superficies análogas. 2. División administrativa de diversa importancia, según el país que la utiliza. 3. Lugar en que se mantienen tropas 4. Agrupación de pocas casas cercanas entre sí que forman una pequeña asociación o comunidad.
noun: 1. Tela de algodón parecida a la cachemira.
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 cantón
- cantones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cantón?
- /kanˈton/
- [kãn̪ˈt̪õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cantón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cantón in Spanish?
cantón appears 5.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).