vellón
Spanish, noun/beˈʝon/
vellón is spelled V-E-L-L-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,847th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vellón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fleece” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Total de la lana cortada de un carnero u oveja en una esquila”.
What does vellón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefleece
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Total de la lana cortada de un carnero u oveja en una esquila. 2. Piel de carnero u oveja curtida con la lana original. 3. Mechón de lana. 4. Guata (lámina de algodón que se usa para rellenar).
noun: 1. Aleación de metal noble con otro de menor valor, especialmente cobre o bronce, usada para acuñar moneda. 2. Moneda de vellón₁. 3. Moneda de cinco centavos de dólar estadounidense, elaborada con aleación de cobre y níquel.
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 vellón
- vellones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vellón?
- /beˈʝon/
- [beˈʝõn]
- [beˈʎõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vellón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vellón in Spanish?
vellón 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).