buzón
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish bozón, possibly connected to Boso II, king of Provence in the 10th century. From Frankish *bultjo, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz. Compare English bolt and German Bolzen.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /buˈθon/ [buˈθõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /buˈson/ [buˈsõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: bu‧zón
Noun
[edit]buzón m (plural buzones)
Derived terms
[edit]- buzón de entrada
- buzón de salida
- buzón de voz (“voice mail”)
- buzonear
Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: bussón (“mailbox, letterbox”)
Further reading
[edit]- “buzón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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