remolón
Spanish, noun/remoˈlon/
remolón is spelled R-E-M-O-L-Ó-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 162,009th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Remolón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “slacker, idle person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Colmillo de la mandíbula superior del jabalí”.
What does remolón mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquiallazy, idle
- 2
colloquialfoolish
noun
- 1
masculineslacker, idle person
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Colmillo de la mandíbula superior del jabalí. 2. Cualquiera de las puntas con que termina la corona de las muelas de las caballerías (caballos, mulas, etc.).
adjective: 1. Que rehúye o retarda el trabajo o la responsabilidad; que tiende a dedicarse al ocio o a actuar con pachorra o indolencia.
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 remolón
- remolona feminine
- remolones masculine plural
- remolonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce remolón?
- /remoˈlon/
- [re.moˈlõn]
- [remoˈlõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to remolón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is remolón in Spanish?
remolón appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).