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respingón

Spanish, adjective/respinˈɡon/

respingón is spelled R-E-S-P-I-N-G-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish, the 257,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Respingón is a Spanish adjective meaning “sticking up; pointing up (said especially of a nose or a bottom)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que apunta hacia arriba; levantado”.

What does respingón mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    colloquialsticking up; pointing up (said especially of a nose or a bottom)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que apunta hacia arriba; levantado.

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 respingón

  • respingona feminine
  • respingones masculine plural
  • respingonas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce respingón?

  • /respinˈɡon/
  • [res.pĩŋˈɡõn]
  • [respĩŋˈgõn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to respingón

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is respingón in Spanish?

respingón appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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