galón
/ɡaˈlon/ · B2 · noun · m
stripe, chevron
🎖️ galón sounds like gallon, but it's the stripe sewn on a sleeve
Think of the galón on a military uniform: a braided stripe or chevron marking rank. Sound-alike with English gallon, but the meaning is braid, not liquid. In Spanish the same word also means the gallon unit.