Usage Note
Litrona is a colloquial Spanish term for a one-liter bottle of beer, strongly associated with street drinking (botellón) and youth culture in Spain. It is an informal, register-marked word; in a bar or restaurant one would order una caña (draft) or una botella instead. The word is formed from litro (liter) with the augmentative suffix -ona.
Examples
"Se sentaron en el parque con una litrona."
Natural Translation
They sat in the park with a large beer bottle.

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