talón
Spanish, noun/taˈlon/
talón is spelled T-A-L-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,906th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Talón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “heel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte posterior del pie con la que se pisa”.
What does talón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheel
- 2
masculineheel (shoe)
- 3
masculinecheck (cheque, a financial instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte posterior del pie con la que se pisa. 2. Parte del calzado que cubre el calcañar. 3. Sitio blando y flexible que tienen los cascos de las caballerías en la parte inferior y posterior. 4. Parte del arco del violín y de otros instrumentos semejantes, inmediata al mango.
noun: 1. Mesón
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 talón
- talones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce talón?
- /taˈlon/
- [t̪aˈlõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to talón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is talón in Spanish?
talón appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).