machacón

Spanish

Etymology

From machacar +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃaˈkon/ [ma.t͡ʃaˈkõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: ma‧cha‧cón

Adjective

machacón (feminine machacona, masculine plural machacones, feminine plural machaconas)

insistent, demanding
- 2015 October 8, “Savall eleva el espíritu de Bogotá”, in El País‎:
  En ese ten con ten de tensiones machaconas, muchos se debatían entre acudir al Festival del Despecho o al de Música Sacra, que se cerró el domingo a cargo de Jordi Savall.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
annoying, tiresome

Further reading

“machacón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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