cordón
See also: cordon
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾˈdon/ [koɾˈð̞õn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: cor‧dón
Noun
cordón m (plural cordones)
- cord
- Synonym: cuerda
- lace, string
- Synonym: cordel
- shoelace, bootlace, lacing
- Synonym: cordonera
- drawstring, drawcord
- lanyard
- Synonym: acollador
- (military) aiguillette
- 1916, Horacio Quiroga, La guerra de los yacarés:
- El Surubí, que se había enamorado del cinturón y los cordones del oficial, pidío que se los regalaran, y tuvo que sacárselos de entre los dientes al viejo yacaré, pues habían quedado enredados allí.
- (The catfish) Surubí, who had fallen in love with the officer's belt and aiguillettes, requested them be given to him as a gift, and had to get them out of the old cayman's teeth, as they had become entangled there.
- (Argentina) curb
- Synonym: bordillo
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cordón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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