ramplón
Spanish, adjective/ramˈplon/
ramplón is a Spanish adjective meaning “vulgar, tacky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En particular, dicho del calzado, de suela tosca y resistente”.
What does ramplón mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vulgar, tacky
- 2
crude, with a thick and wide sole (referring to footwear)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Taco metálico, de forma oblonga, que se fija a las herraduras para suplir trozos faltantes del casco o facilitar el agarre sobre superficies resbalosas.
adjective: 1. En particular, dicho del calzado, de suela tosca y resistente. 2. Dicho de una persona, de gusto vulgar o inferior, y hábitos incultos. 3. Dicho de una cosa, propia de alguien ramplón₁.
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 ramplón
- ramplona feminine
- ramplones masculine plural
- ramplonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ramplón?
- /ramˈplon/
- [rãmˈplõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ramplón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ramplón in Spanish?
ramplón appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).