empollón

== Spanish == === Etymology === From empollar +‎ -ón. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -on Syllabification: em‧po‧llón === Adjective === empollón (feminine empollona, masculine plural empollones, feminine plural empollonas) (Spain) nerdy === Noun === empollón m (plural empollones, feminine empollona, feminine plural empollonas) (Spain, derogatory) wonk, swot, nerd Synonyms: chapón, (Spain) chapona, (Chile) mateo, (Spain) pitagorín ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “empollón”, 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