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cerrazón

thick cloud cover

noun seh-rrah-SOHN Rare

Also means

stubbornness, closed-mindedness

Usage Note

Cerrazón has two distinct registers: in meteorology it means dense, storm-threatening cloud cover, while figuratively it describes mental obstinacy — an unwillingness to consider other viewpoints. The figurative sense (la cerrazón del gobierno) is common in editorial writing. Its plural is cerrazones, following the regular pattern for nouns ending in -ón.

Examples

"La cerrazón del cielo anunciaba tormenta."

Natural Translation

The thick cloud cover announced a storm.

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