porrazo
Spanish
Etymology
porra (“nightstick (US), truncheon (UK)”) + -azo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /poˈraθo/ [poˈra.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /poˈraso/ [poˈra.so]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: po‧rra‧zo
Noun
porrazo m (plural porrazos)
- (colloquial) hit, whack, blow with a nightstick, truncheon
Derived terms
- de porrazo
Further reading
- “porrazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014