regañón
Spanish, adjective/reɡaˈɲon/
regañón is spelled R-E-G-A-Ñ-Ó-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish, the 227,226th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Regañón is a Spanish adjective meaning “grumbling, nagging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene la tendencia a regañar mucho, con insistencia o sin razón”.
What does regañón mean in English?
adjective
- 1
grumbling, nagging
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene la tendencia a regañar mucho, con insistencia o sin razón. 2. Dícese del viento noroeste.
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 regañón
- regañona feminine
- regañones masculine plural
- regañonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce regañón?
- /reɡaˈɲon/
- [re.ɣ̞aˈɲõn]
- [reɣ̞aˈɲõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is regañón in Spanish?
regañón appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).