cartón

/kaɾˈton/ · B2 · noun · m

cardboard

📦 cartón = carta (paper/card) + -ón (big): a big, thick card

Spanish carta, 'card/paper', plus the augmentative suffix -ón, meaning 'big'. So cartón is 'big card', which is thick card stock: cardboard. English carton comes from the same source.

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