botellón
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See also: botellon
Spanish
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From botella + -ón, literally “big bottle”.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: bo‧te‧llón
Noun
[edit]botellón m (plural botellones)
- (colloquial, Spain) street BYOB party, binge, binge drinking, booze-up (a Spanish activity when people (above all the teenagers and young adults) congregate in public places to socialize while drinking alcohol.)
- (colloquial, Mexico) demijohn
- Synonym: damajuana
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “botellón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
botellón on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
botellón on Wikipedia.Wikipedia