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balcón

balcony

noun bahl-KOHN Rare
Home & Lifestyle Construction

Origin: From Italian balcone, from a Germanic root meaning 'beam'.

Usage Note

Balcón refers to a projecting balcony with a railing, typically open to the air, distinct from a terraza (a larger terrace) or a galería (an enclosed glazed balcony common in Galicia). The plural balcones loses the accent mark. Salir al balcón ('to step onto the balcony') is a very common collocation.

Examples

"Me gusta tomar el café en el balcón."

Natural Translation

I like to have coffee on the balcony.

Literal Translation

To-me pleases to-take the coffee on the balcony.

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