paquetazo
Spanish
Etymology
paquete + -azo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pakeˈtaθo/ [pa.keˈt̪a.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /pakeˈtaso/ [pa.keˈt̪a.so]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: pa‧que‧ta‧zo
Noun
paquetazo m (plural paquetazos)
- South America description of IMF's structural reforms.
- Augmentative of paquete
Further reading
- “paquetazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
- Paquetazo is name used in South America when governments make loan deals with the Internacional Monetary Fund or the World Bank. These deals come with attacked economic policy reforms and conditions. These reforms are called structural reforms or colloquially called by South Americans "Paquetazo."