jirón

Borrowed from French giron (“lap”).

• IPA^(key): /xiˈɾon/ [xiˈɾõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ji‧rón

jirón m (plural jirones)

1. rag; shred
2. (heraldry) gyron
3. (Peru) a typically narrow urban street; a lane

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Jr.

   • 2022 September 21, “Chorrillos: Mototaxista fue atacado de cinco balazos por no pagar S/5 diarios a extorsionadores”, in Infobae‎^[1], archived from the original on October 2, 2022:

     Una cámara de seguridad logró registrar el preciso instante del ataque de dos disparos hacia el bazar ubicado en la cuadra 2 del jirón Pocitos.

     A security camera managed to record the precise moment of the attack when two shots were fired towards the bazaar located on block 2 of Pocitos lane.

• brizna f
• mechón m
• trapo m
• voluta f

• “jirón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10