perdigón
Spanish, noun/peɾdiˈɡon/
perdigón is spelled P-E-R-D-I-G-Ó-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,962nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perdigón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a young partridge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pollo de la perdiz”.
What does perdigón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea young partridge
- 2
masculinea small lead pellet used as ammunition
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pollo de la perdiz. 2. Perdiz nueva. 3. Perdiz macho que emplean los cazadores como reclamo. 4. Cada uno de los granos de plomo que forman la munición de caza.
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 perdigón
- perdigones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perdigón?
- /peɾdiˈɡon/
- [peɾ.ð̞iˈɣ̞õn]
- [peɾð̞iˈɣ̞õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perdigón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perdigón in Spanish?
perdigón appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).