espolón
Spanish, noun/espoˈlon/
espolón is spelled E-S-P-O-L-Ó-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 58,329th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espolón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “spur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apófisis ósea en forma de cornezuelo, que tienen en el tarso algunas aves, como el gallo”.
What does espolón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespur
- 2
masculinenaval ram
- 3
masculinebeakhead
- 4
masculineergot
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Apófisis ósea en forma de cornezuelo, que tienen en el tarso algunas aves, como el gallo. 2. Punta en que remata la proa de la nave. 3. Pieza de hierro aguda, afilada y saliente en la proa de las antiguas naves de guerra, para embestir y echar a pique naves enemigas. 4. Órgano o parte de los órganos foliares (sépalos, pétalos, etc.) que sobresale hacia el exterior desde la base de la corola o del cáliz.
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 espolón
- espolones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espolón?
- /espoˈlon/
- [es.poˈlõn]
- [espoˈlõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espolón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espolón in Spanish?
espolón appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).