callejón
/kaʝeˈxon/ · B1 · noun · m
alley
🏘️ calle (street) + -ejón suffix = a side street, an alley
Calle means street, from Latin callis, a footpath. The suffix -ejón turns it into a narrow back street. A callejón sin salida, a street with no exit, is a dead end, and figuratively a hopeless situation.