socavón
Spanish, noun/sokaˈbon/
socavón is spelled S-O-C-A-V-Ó-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Socavón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hole, hollow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cueva artificial o galería excavada horizontalmente en el monte”.
What does socavón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehole, hollow
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cueva artificial o galería excavada horizontalmente en el monte. 2. Zona en que el suelo se ha hundido a causa de haber quedado en falso.
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 socavón
- socavones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce socavón?
- /sokaˈbon/
- [so.kaˈβ̞õn]
- [sokaˈβ̞õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to socavón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is socavón in Spanish?
socavón appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).