zumbón
Spanish, noun/θumˈbon/
zumbón is spelled Z-U-M-B-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish, the 215,438th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zumbón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “joker; prankster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cencerro zumbón”.
What does zumbón mean in English?
adjective
- 1
funny; jokey
noun
- 1
masculinejoker; prankster
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dícese del que frecuentemente anda burlándose, o tiene el genio festivo y poco serio.
noun: 1. Cencerro zumbón. 2. Palomo zumbón.
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 zumbón
- zumbona feminine
- zumbones masculine plural
- zumbonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zumbón?
- /θumˈbon/
- [θũmˈbõn]
- /sumˈbon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zumbón in Spanish?
zumbón appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).