tacón

== Galician == === Alternative forms === tacom, tacão (reintegrationist) === Etymology === 12th century. Debated: perhaps from a West Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *takkô (“tip; point; protrusion; prong; tine; jag; spike; twig”): compare Portuguese tacão, Spanish tacón, English tach, Old French taque (“nail, pin, peg”), Dutch tak (“twig; branch; limb”), German Zacke (“jag; prong; spike; tooth; peak”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taˈkoŋ/ [t̪ɑˈkoŋ] Rhymes: -oŋ Hyphenation: ta‧cón === Noun === tacón m (plural tacóns) heel (of a shoe) patch 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 94: ==== Derived terms ==== tacoar ==== Related terms ==== taco === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tacon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “taco” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tacon”, 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), “tacón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tacón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Etymology === From taco +‎ -ón. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taˈkon/ [t̪aˈkõn] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: ta‧cón === Noun === tacón m (plural tacones) heel (part of a shoe's sole) (Mexico, Central America, Cuba, usually in the plural) high heel ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Chavacano: tacon → Tagalog: takong ==== Further reading ==== “tacón”, 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