flechazo

From flecha +‎ -azo. In the sense "love at first sight", in allusion to the arrows fired by the mythological god of love Cupid.

• IPA^(key): /fleˈt͡ʃaθo/ [fleˈt͡ʃa.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /fleˈt͡ʃaso/ [fleˈt͡ʃa.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: fle‧cha‧zo

flechazo m (plural flechazos)

1. arrow wound
2. arrow shot
3. (colloquial) love at first sight, initial attraction

   Synonym: amor a primera vista

• “flechazo”, 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