Bogotazo

From Spanish Bogotazo.

the Bogotazo

2. (historical) The riots that followed the 1948 assassination in Bogotá, Colombia of Liberal leader and presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán.

From Bogotá +‎ -azo.

• IPA^(key): /boɡoˈtaθo/ [bo.ɣ̞oˈt̪a.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /boɡoˈtaso/ [bo.ɣ̞oˈt̪a.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Bo‧go‧ta‧zo

Bogotazo m (plural Bogotazos)

1. (historical) Bogotazo (the riots that followed the 1948 assassination in Bogotá, Colombia of Liberal leader and presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán)