tiburón
/tibuˈɾon/ · B1 · noun · m
shark
🦈 Sounds like tea, boo, Ron: Ron says boo to a shark at teatime
Stress the last syllable: ti-bu-RÓN, like a shout. It is masculine: el tiburón. In business it also means a corporate raider, someone who swallows other companies, like a shark. The word probably came into Spanish from a Caribbean language, but nobody is sure.