cajón

Etymology

Spanish

Noun

cajón (plural cajóns or cajones)

1. (music) A box-shaped percussion instrument played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes various implements.

Etymology

From Spanish cajón. Related to caixão (“coffin”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈʁõ/

Noun

cajón m (plural cajones)

1. (music) cajón (box-shaped percussion instrument)

Etymology

From caja (“box”) +‎ -ón (“augmentative suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈxon/, [kaˈxõn]

Noun

cajón m (plural cajones)

1. drawer
2. cajón (instrument)

Further reading

• “cajón” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.