cantazo
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From canto (“stone; pebble”) + -azo.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aθo
- Rhymes: -aso
- Hyphenation: can‧ta‧zo
Noun
cantazo m (plural cantazos)
- a pebble; a stone that can be handled
- a blow with a pebble
- Synonym: pedrada
- angle (corner where two walls intersect)
- Synonym: esquina
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cantazo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cantazo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kanˈtaθo/ [kãn̪ˈt̪a.θo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /kanˈtaso/ [kãn̪ˈt̪a.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: can‧ta‧zo
Noun
cantazo m (plural cantazos)
- (Puerto Rico) hit, strike
- Synonym: golpe
Further reading
- “cantazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “cantazo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010