zafacón
Spanish, noun/θafaˈkon/
zafacón is spelled Z-A-F-A-C-Ó-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written Spanish, the 274,170th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zafacón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “wastebasket, trashcan, garbage can, waste container” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vasija o recipiente para recoger basuras o desperdicios”.
What does zafacón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewastebasket, trashcan, garbage can, waste container
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vasija o recipiente para recoger basuras o desperdicios.
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 zafacón
- zafacones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zafacón?
- /θafaˈkon/
- [θa.faˈkõn]
- /safaˈkon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zafacón in Spanish?
zafacón appears about once in every 62 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).