"cajón" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /kaˈxon/, [kaˈxõn], [kaˈχõŋ] [Venezuela], /kaˈʃon/ [Early, Modern, Spanish], [kaˈʃõn] [Early, Modern, Spanish] Forms: cajones [plural]
Rhymes: -on, -on Etymology: From caja (“box”) + -ón (augmentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|es|caja|-ón|pos2=augmentative suffix|t1=box}} caja (“box”) + -ón (augmentative suffix) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} cajón m (plural cajones)
  1. a large box Tags: masculine
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  2. drawer Tags: masculine Synonyms: gaveta
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  3. (music) cajón (box-shaped percussion instrument) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cajón-es-noun-Vmd9e-v6 Categories (other): Musical instruments, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -ón Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 37 1 1 12 3 11 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 2 24 36 11 27 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -ón: 3 4 57 14 22 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. (Latin America) coffin Tags: Latin-America, masculine Synonyms: ataúd
    Sense id: en-cajón-es-noun-4iZlytaB Categories (other): Latin American Spanish
  5. (Argentina, Chile) a valley surrounded by mountains of considerable height, through which a river runs Tags: Argentina, Chile, masculine
    Sense id: en-cajón-es-noun-jrl1xfJ8 Categories (other): Argentine Spanish, Chilean Spanish, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 37 1 1 12 3 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cajón de sastre, cajonear, cajonero, de cajón, encajonar

Inflected forms

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