malecón
Spanish, noun/maleˈkon/
malecón is spelled M-A-L-E-C-Ó-N (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,551st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malecón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “breakwater” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Murallón o terraplén que detiene el flujo del agua en playas o en las orillas de los ríos”.
What does malecón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebreakwater
- 2
masculineboardwalk, seaside path
- 3
masculinelevee
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Murallón o terraplén que detiene el flujo del agua en playas o en las orillas de los ríos. 2. Avenida que se encuentra paralela a la playa o a la orilla de un río.
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 malecón
- malecones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malecón?
- /maleˈkon/
- [ma.leˈkõn]
- [maleˈkõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malecón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malecón in Spanish?
malecón appears 1.7 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).