sayón
Spanish, noun[saˈʝõn]
sayón is spelled S-A-Y-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 167,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sayón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “executioner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aumentativo de sayo”.
What does sayón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineexecutioner
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aumentativo de sayo. 2. Verdugo que ejecutaba las penas a que eran condenados los reos. 3. Hombre corpulento, feo de rostro o cruel. 4. En la Edad Media, ministro de justicia, que tenía por principal oficio hacer las citaciones y ejecutar los embargos.
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 sayón
- sayones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sayón?
- [saˈʝõn]
- [saˈʃõn]
- [saˈʒõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sayón in Spanish?
sayón appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).