hormazo
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin fōrmācium, substantivised from fōrmāceus (“made in a mould”), related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “a shape, form”). Compare hormaza and horma (“dry stone wall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /oɾˈmaθo/ [oɾˈma.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /oɾˈmaso/ [oɾˈma.so]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: hor‧ma‧zo
Noun
hormazo m (plural hormazos)
- a loose heap of stones
- (obsolete) adobe brick or mud wall
- (Córdoba, Granada) a type of country house or villa
- Synonyms: quinta, carmen
Further reading
- “hormazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014