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jamón

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “jamón” mean in English?

  1. ham

Example sentences

  • Compro jamón en el supermercado.

    I buy ham at the supermarket.

  • Jamón ibérico es muy caro.

    Ibérico ham is very expensive.

  • Una tapa de jamón.

    A ham tapa.

How to use it

Jamón means 'ham'. Masculine: el jamón. Carries an accent on the ó. Plural jamones drops the accent. Famous Spanish staple.

Common mistake

Drop the accent in plural: jamón → jamones. The stress shifts naturally to the penultimate syllable.

Topics

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.