botellón

See also: botellon

Spanish

Botellón at night (2006)

Alternative forms

botellon (obsolete)

Etymology

From botella +‎ -ón, literally “big bottle”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /boteˈʝon/ [bo.t̪eˈʝõn]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /boteˈʎon/ [bo.t̪eˈʎõn]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /boteˈʃon/ [bo.t̪eˈʃõn]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /boteˈʒon/ [bo.t̪eˈʒõn]

Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: bo‧te‧llón

Noun

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

botellódromo m
macrobotellón m

Further reading

“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

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