espolón

spur

noun es-poh-LOHN Rare

Origin: From Germanic *sporo, 'spur'.

Also means

breakwater

Usage Note

Espolón has two main senses: the sharp bony projection on a rooster's leg (or a knight's boot spur), and an architectural or nautical term for a jetty, breakwater, or the ram of a warship. The plural espolones is regular. In Latin America, espolón can also refer to the tip of a mountain ridge.

Examples

"El gallo tiene un espolón afilado."

Natural Translation

The rooster has a sharp spur.

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