cajón

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cajón

  • /kəˈhoʊn/ Canada, US

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From Spanish cajón, augmentative of caja (“box”). Doublet of cajon, caisson, and cassone.

noun cajóns · cajones

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

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noun box-shaped percussion instrument

Españolcajón
Portuguêscajón
DeutschCajón, Kachon

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"cajón." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/caj%C3%B3n. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cajón. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/caj%C3%B3n

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"cajón." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/caj%C3%B3n.

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@misc{cajo_n_2026,
  title = {cajón},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/caj%C3%B3n},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}