empollón
Spanish, noun/empoˈʝon/
empollón is spelled E-M-P-O-L-L-Ó-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 133,746th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empollón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “wonk, swot, nerd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does empollón mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Spainnerdy
noun
- 1
Spainderogatorymasculinewonk, swot, nerd
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Estudiante muy dedicado y enfocado en los estudios y los intereses intelectuales más que en otras actividades, a veces con dificultades para socializar, y quien tiende a recibir las preferencias de profesores con el consecuente rechazo de sus compañeros.
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 empollón
- empollona feminine
- empollones masculine plural
- empollonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empollón?
- /empoˈʝon/
- [ẽm.poˈʝõn]
- [ẽmpoˈʝõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empollón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empollón in Spanish?
empollón appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).