bajón

See also: bajon

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baˈxon/ [baˈxõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ba‧jón

Etymology 1

bajo (“low, not high”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix)

Noun

bajón m (plural bajones)

  1. bassoon
  2. bassoonist
Descendants
  • → Tagalog: bahón

Etymology 2

baja (“act or event of going down”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix)

Noun

bajón m (plural bajones)

  1. lull, low, dip, drop (decline)
  2. blues, slump (lack of spirit)
    estar de bajón ― to be down in the dumps
  3. Ellipsis of bajón de electricidad (“power outage”).
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