colchón

== Asturian == === Noun === colchón m (plural colchones) mattress ==== Related terms ==== colcha == Galician == === Alternative forms === colchom, colchão (reintegrationist) === Etymology === First attested in 1457. From colcha +‎ -ón, from Old French colche. Compare Portuguese colchão and Spanish colchón. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kolˈt͡ʃoŋ/ [kolʲˈt͡ʃoŋ] Rhymes: -oŋ Hyphenation: col‧chón === Noun === colchón m (plural colchóns) mattress 1484, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 127: ==== Related terms ==== colcha === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “colchon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “colchón”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “colchón”, 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), “colchón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “colchón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Etymology === From colcha +‎ -ón. Cognate with Portuguese colchão. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kolˈt͡ʃon/ [kolʲˈt͡ʃõn] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: col‧chón === Noun === colchón m (plural colchones) mattress (pad on which a person can recline and sleep) buffer, cushion, padding (something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact) (figurative) nest egg ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Chavacano: colchon → Basque: koltxoi → Cebuano: kutson → Hiligaynon: koltson → Maguindanao: kutsun → Sambali: kotson → Tagalog: kutson === Further reading === “colchón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025