"tapón" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /taˈpon/, [t̪aˈpõn] Forms: tapones [plural]
Rhymes: -on Etymology: From tapa + -ón. Etymology templates: {{suffix|es|tapa|ón}} tapa + -ón Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} tapón m (plural tapones)
  1. obstruction, blockage Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tapón-es-noun-aDdAfWWH
  2. cap, plug, bung, stopper Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tapón-es-noun-Mn5Vqlw- Categories (other): Road transport Disambiguation of Road transport: 5 23 5 18 21 15 13
  3. plug, bathplug (for bath, bathtub), sink plug (for sink) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tapón-es-noun-OPQwt2hn Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 6 38 9 11 27 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 5 39 7 8 33 5
  4. (usually in the plural) earplug Tags: masculine, plural-normally Synonyms: tapones para los oídos
    Sense id: en-tapón-es-noun-A47RtYBX Categories (other): Road transport Disambiguation of Road transport: 5 23 5 18 21 15 13
  5. wax, build up of wax (excess wax in the ear) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tapón-es-noun-AnO6IcPo Categories (other): Road transport Disambiguation of Road transport: 5 23 5 18 21 15 13
  6. (basketball) block Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tapón-es-noun-SWrKgOTY Categories (other): Basketball, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -ón, Basketball, Road transport Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 5 39 7 8 33 5 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 5 12 22 5 11 39 6 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -ón: 3 7 21 11 19 30 9 Disambiguation of Basketball: 1 6 1 5 10 73 4 Disambiguation of Road transport: 5 23 5 18 21 15 13 Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  7. traffic jam Tags: masculine Synonyms: atasco, embotellamiento
    Sense id: en-tapón-es-noun-Xt1oHJgZ Categories (other): Road transport Disambiguation of Road transport: 5 23 5 18 21 15 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tapón anal, tapón ilegal, tapón para los oídos (english: earplug), taponamiento, taponar, taponear Related terms: tapar

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tapón anal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tapón ilegal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "earplug",
      "word": "tapón para los oídos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "taponamiento"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "taponar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "taponear"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "tapa",
        "3": "ón"
      },
      "expansion": "tapa + -ón",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From tapa + -ón.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tapones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "tapón m (plural tapones)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ta‧pón"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tapar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "obstruction, blockage"
      ],
      "id": "en-tapón-es-noun-aDdAfWWH",
      "links": [
        [
          "obstruction",
          "obstruction"
        ],
        [
          "blockage",
          "blockage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 23 5 18 21 15 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Road transport",
          "orig": "es:Road transport",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cap, plug, bung, stopper"
      ],
      "id": "en-tapón-es-noun-Mn5Vqlw-",
      "links": [
        [
          "cap",
          "cap"
        ],
        [
          "plug",
          "plug"
        ],
        [
          "bung",
          "bung"
        ],
        [
          "stopper",
          "stopper"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 38 9 11 27 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 5 39 7 8 33 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plug, bathplug (for bath, bathtub), sink plug (for sink)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tapón-es-noun-OPQwt2hn",
      "links": [
        [
          "plug",
          "plug"
        ],
        [
          "bathplug",
          "bathplug"
        ],
        [
          "sink plug",
          "sink plug"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 23 5 18 21 15 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Road transport",
          "orig": "es:Road transport",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "earplug"
      ],
      "id": "en-tapón-es-noun-A47RtYBX",
      "links": [
        [
          "earplug",
          "earplug"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the plural) earplug"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tapones para los oídos"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 23 5 18 21 15 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Road transport",
          "orig": "es:Road transport",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wax, build up of wax (excess wax in the ear)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tapón-es-noun-AnO6IcPo",
      "links": [
        [
          "wax",
          "wax"
        ],
        [
          "build up of wax",
          "build up of wax"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Basketball",
          "orig": "es:Basketball",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 5 39 7 8 33 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 12 22 5 11 39 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 7 21 11 19 30 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish terms suffixed with -ón",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 6 1 5 10 73 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Basketball",
          "orig": "es:Basketball",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 23 5 18 21 15 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Road transport",
          "orig": "es:Road transport",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "block"
      ],
      "id": "en-tapón-es-noun-SWrKgOTY",
      "links": [
        [
          "basketball",
          "basketball"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(basketball) block"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "basketball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 23 5 18 21 15 13",
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Road transport",
          "orig": "es:Road transport",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "traffic jam"
      ],
      "id": "en-tapón-es-noun-Xt1oHJgZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "traffic jam",
          "traffic jam"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "atasco"
        },
        {
          "word": "embotellamiento"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈpon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪aˈpõn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tapón"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/on",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/on/2 syllables",
    "Spanish 2-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms suffixed with -ón",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "es:Basketball",
    "es:Road transport"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "tapón anal"
    },
    {
      "word": "tapón ilegal"
    },
    {
      "english": "earplug",
      "word": "tapón para los oídos"
    },
    {
      "word": "taponamiento"
    },
    {
      "word": "taponar"
    },
    {
      "word": "taponear"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "tapa",
        "3": "ón"
      },
      "expansion": "tapa + -ón",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From tapa + -ón.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tapones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "tapón m (plural tapones)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ta‧pón"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tapar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "obstruction, blockage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obstruction",
          "obstruction"
        ],
        [
          "blockage",
          "blockage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cap, plug, bung, stopper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cap",
          "cap"
        ],
        [
          "plug",
          "plug"
        ],
        [
          "bung",
          "bung"
        ],
        [
          "stopper",
          "stopper"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "plug, bathplug (for bath, bathtub), sink plug (for sink)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plug",
          "plug"
        ],
        [
          "bathplug",
          "bathplug"
        ],
        [
          "sink plug",
          "sink plug"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "earplug"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "earplug",
          "earplug"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the plural) earplug"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tapones para los oídos"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wax, build up of wax (excess wax in the ear)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wax",
          "wax"
        ],
        [
          "build up of wax",
          "build up of wax"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "es:Basketball"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "block"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "basketball",
          "basketball"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(basketball) block"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "basketball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "traffic jam"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "traffic jam",
          "traffic jam"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "atasco"
        },
        {
          "word": "embotellamiento"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈpon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪aˈpõn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tapón"
}

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