monzón

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese monção, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /monˈθon/ [mõn̟ˈθõn]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /monˈson/ [mõnˈsõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: mon‧zón

Noun

monzón m or (less commonly) f (plural monzones)

monsoon

Further reading

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

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