chitón
Spanish, interjection/t͡ʃiˈton/
chitón is spelled C-H-I-T-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 128,005th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chitón is a Spanish interjection meaning “shh, mum's the word” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Se usa para imponer silencio”.
What does chitón mean in English?
interjection
- 1
shh, mum's the word
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Se usa para imponer silencio.
noun: 1. Variante anticuada de quitón.
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 chitón
- chitones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chitón?
- /t͡ʃiˈton/
- [t͡ʃiˈt̪õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chitón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chitón in Spanish?
chitón appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).