jirón
Spanish, noun/xiˈɾon/
jirón is spelled J-I-R-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jirón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rag; shred” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Faja que se usaba para reforzar el bajo de los sayos y otras vestimentas semejantes”.
What does jirón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerag; shred
- 2
masculinegyron
- 3
masculinea typically narrow urban street; a lane
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Faja que se usaba para reforzar el bajo de los sayos y otras vestimentas semejantes. 2. Trozo desgarrado de tela o de ropa. 3. Por extensión, parte pequeña de un todo. 4. Bandera o guión rematado en punta.
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 jirón
- jirones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jirón?
- /xiˈɾon/
- [xiˈɾõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jirón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jirón in Spanish?
jirón 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).