pilón
Spanish, noun/piˈlon/
pilón is spelled P-I-L-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 47,595th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pilón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pylon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Receptáculo de piedra, que se construye en las fuentes para que, cayendo el agua en él, sirva de abrevadero…”.
What does pilón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepylon
- 2
masculinea gift given by a vendor to accompany a transaction
- 3
masculinemortar
- 4
masculinebasin, sink
- 5
masculinedeaf (hearing impaired)
- 6
masculineHieronyma alchorneoides (plant associated with production of suradanni)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Receptáculo de piedra, que se construye en las fuentes para que, cayendo el agua en él, sirva de abrevadero, de lavadero o para otros usos. 2. Especie de mortero de madera o de metal, que sirve para majar granos u otras cosas.
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 pilón
- pilones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pilón?
- /piˈlon/
- [piˈlõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pilón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pilón in Spanish?
pilón 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).