martillazo

Spanish

Etymology

From martillo +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maɾtiˈʝaθo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʝa.θo] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /maɾtiˈʎaθo/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʎa.θo] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /maɾtiˈʝaso/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʝa.so] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /maɾtiˈʎaso/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʎa.so] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /maɾtiˈʃaso/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʃa.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /maɾtiˈʒaso/ [maɾ.t̪iˈʒa.so] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: mar‧ti‧lla‧zo

Noun

martillazo m (plural martillazos)

blow with a hammer

Further reading

“martillazo”, 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