galón
Spanish, noun/ɡaˈlon/
galón is spelled G-A-L-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,977th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “English or American gallon (a unit of liquid measure equivalent to 4.55 or 3.79 L)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cinta o trenza usada para ornar una vestidura”.
What does galón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineEnglish or American gallon (a unit of liquid measure equivalent to 4.55 or 3.79 L)
noun
- 1
masculinebraid
- 2
masculinestripe, chevron
tres galones en su uniforme
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cinta o trenza usada para ornar una vestidura. 2. Distintivo que llevan en el uniforme los oficiales militares de rango inferior al de general para indicar su grado. 3. Listón de madera que guarnece exteriormente el costado de la embarcación por la parte superior, y a la lumbre del agua.
noun: 1. Medida de volumen del sistema imperial, equivalente a ocho pintas; en los Estados Unidos equivale, por tanto, a 3,785411784 litros, mientras que en el Reino Unido asciende a 4,54609 litros.
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 galón
- galones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce galón?
- /ɡaˈlon/
- [ɡaˈlõn]
- [gaˈlõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to galón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is galón in Spanish?
galón appears 1.0 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).