machón
Spanish, noun/maˈt͡ʃon/
machón is spelled M-A-C-H-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “buttress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pilar de fábrica”.
What does machón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuttress
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pilar de fábrica
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 machón
- machones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machón?
- /maˈt͡ʃon/
- [maˈt͡ʃõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to machón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is machón in Spanish?
machón appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).