metrallazo

Spanish

Etymology

From metralla +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /metɾaˈʝaθo/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʝa.θo] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /metɾaˈʎaθo/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʎa.θo] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /metɾaˈʝaso/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʝa.so] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /metɾaˈʎaso/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʎa.so] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /metɾaˈʃaso/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʃa.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /metɾaˈʒaso/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʒa.so] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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

Noun

metrallazo m (plural metrallazos)

shot from a grapeshot

Further reading

“metrallazo”, 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