lambón

See also: lambon

Galician

Alternative forms

• lambión

Etymology

Attested since 1746. From lamber (“lo lick”) +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lamˈboŋ]

Adjective

lambón (feminine lambona, masculine plural lambóns, feminine plural lambonas)

1. gluttonous

   Synonym: comellón

2. sweet-toothed

   Synonym: larpeiro

Derived terms

• lambonada

Related terms

• lamber

Noun

lambón m (plural lambóns, feminine lambona, feminine plural lambonas)

1. glutton

   Synonym: comellón

2. sweet tooth

   Synonym: larpeiro

3. (rare) freeloader

References

• “lambón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lambón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lambón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From lamber (“lick”) +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lamˈbon/ [lãmˈbõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: lam‧bón

Noun

lambón m (plural lambones, feminine lambona, feminine plural lambonas)

1. (Latin America, slang) asskisser, suck-up

   Synonym: lambiscón

   • 2013, Pedro Claver Téllez, La Pola, espía patriota, page 23:

     Alonso hizo un gesto de disgusto a sus espaldas. Iglesias era para él “un lambón, un chafarote y un oportunista”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adjective

lambón (feminine lambona, masculine plural lambones, feminine plural lambonas)

1. servile, obsequious

Further reading

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