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buchón
potbellied person
buche
crop (of a bird)
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-ón
augmentative suffix
Buchón means potbellied person and can be thought of as someone with a large (-ón1) crop (like a bird)0 (buche0), referring to their protruding belly.
noun
  1. potbellied person
    A person with a protruding belly or potbelly
    Después de las fiestas, quedó buchón por comer tanto. // After the holidays, he became potbellied from eating so much.
  2. pouter pigeon
    A type of pigeon with an enlarged crop
    El buchón es una raza de paloma conocida por su buche inflado. // The pouter pigeon is a breed of pigeon known for its inflated crop.