dedazo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈdaθo/ [d̪eˈð̞a.θo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /deˈdaso/ [d̪eˈð̞a.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: de‧da‧zo
Noun
dedazo m (plural dedazos)
- (Honduras, Mexico, politics, slang) an act in which a politician or public servant appoints their successor without first following a public and/or democratic selection process
- typo, typographical error
See also
Further reading
- “dedazo”, 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