porrazo
Spanish
Etymology
From porra (“nightstick (US), truncheon (UK)”) + -azo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poˈraθo/ [poˈra.θo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /poˈraso/ [poˈra.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: po‧rra‧zo
Noun
porrazo m (plural porrazos)
- (colloquial) hit, whack, blow with a nightstick/truncheon
Derived terms
- quien llega sano a su destino, se ríe de los porrazos del camino (es)
Further reading
- “porrazo”, 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