# cabrón
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* cabrom, cabrão (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabron (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from cabra +‎ -ón. Compare Portuguese cabrão, Spanish cabrón, Catalan cabró.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈbɾoŋ/ [kɑˈβ̞ɾoŋ]
* Rhymes: -oŋ
* Hyphenation: ca‧brón

### Noun

cabrón m (plural cabróns, feminine cabrona, feminine plural cabronas)
* billy goat
    Synonyms: bode, castrón, godallo
* tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)
* (vulgar, derogatory) cuckold
* (vulgar, derogatory) bastard, motherfucker
* (vulgar, derogatory) gay man

#### Related terms

* cabra
* cabro

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cabron”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cabrõ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cabrón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cabrón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabrón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Augmentative of cabra. Compare Portuguese cabrão, Italian caprone, Venetan cavron, Catalan cabró.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈbɾon/ [kaˈβ̞ɾõn]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -on
* Syllabification: ca‧brón

### Noun

cabrón m (plural cabrones)
* billy goat
    Synonym: cabro
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 19:Para asistir al aquelarre es preciso ser Brujo y rendir homenaje al cabrón que lo preside, el cual, en los días de reunión, se coloca a la entrada de la cueva.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Noun

cabrón m (plural cabrones, feminine cabrona, feminine plural cabronas)
* (derogatory) coward
* (Mexico, Central America, Spain, Puerto Rico, vulgar, derogatory) bastard, motherfucker (compare English jackass)
* (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, vulgar, derogatory) cuckold
* (Latin America, derogatory) pimp (prostitution solicitor)
* (Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, informal) mate, dude (term of endearment between friends)
    ¿Qué onda, cabrón? ― What's up, dude?
    Buenos días, cabrón! ― Good morning, mate!

### Adjective

cabrón (feminine cabrona, masculine plural cabrones, feminine plural cabronas)
* (Puerto Rico slang) super cool

#### Related terms

* cabra
* cabro
* cabronazo

### Further reading

* “cabrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10