colchón

/kolˈt͡ʃon/, [kolʲˈt͡ʃõn]

mattress


Noun colchón m (plural colchones)

  1. mattress (pad on which a person can recline and sleep)
  2. buffer, cushion, padding (something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact)
  3. (figuratively) nest egg

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Este colchón es muy duro.

    This is a very hard mattress.

  • Tom durmió en el colchón inflable.

    Tom slept on the inflatable mattress.

  • Tom escondió su dinero debajo de su colchón.

    Tom hid his money under his mattress.

  • María levantó el colchón para cambiar las sábanas.

    Mary raised the mattress in order to change the sheets.


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