postillón
Spanish, noun[post̪iˈʝõn]
postillón is spelled P-O-S-T-I-L-L-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written Spanish, the 206,423rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Postillón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “postillion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que va a caballo delante de los carruajes, de los caminantes o de las postas para servir de guía”.
What does postillón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepostillion
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que va a caballo delante de los carruajes, de los caminantes o de las postas para servir de guía.
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 postillón
- postillones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce postillón?
- [post̪iˈʝõn]
- [post̪iˈʎõn]
- [post̪iˈʃõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to postillón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is postillón in Spanish?
postillón appears about once in every 33 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).