macrón
Spanish, noun/maˈkɾon/
macrón is spelled M-A-C-R-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 163,697th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macrón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “macron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Signo diacrítico en forma de raya horizontal que se usa sobre diversas letras, o debajo de ellas…”.
What does macrón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemacron
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Signo diacrítico en forma de raya horizontal que se usa sobre diversas letras, o debajo de ellas, generalmente para indicar la manera de pronunciarlas. Uno de sus usos más extendidos es para indicar las vocales largas del latín. 2. Modelo de representación de la energía en tres dimensiones.
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 macrón
- macrones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macrón?
- /maˈkɾon/
- [maˈkɾõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to macrón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is macrón in Spanish?
macrón appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).