colchón
/kolˈt͡ʃon/, [kolʲˈt͡ʃõn]mattress
Noun colchón m (plural colchones)
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mattress (pad on which a person can recline and sleep)
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buffer, cushion, padding (something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact)
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(figuratively) nest egg
Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Examples
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Este colchón es muy duro.
This is a very hard mattress.
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Tom durmió en el colchón inflable.
Tom slept on the inflatable mattress.
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Tom escondió su dinero debajo de su colchón.
Tom hid his money under his mattress.
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María levantó el colchón para cambiar las sábanas.
Mary raised the mattress in order to change the sheets.
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