silletazo

Spanish

Etymology

From silla (“chair”) +‎ -etazo, from an extended variant of -azo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siʝeˈtaθo/ [si.ʝeˈt̪a.θo] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /siʎeˈtaθo/ [si.ʎeˈt̪a.θo] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /siʝeˈtaso/ [si.ʝeˈt̪a.so] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /siʎeˈtaso/ [si.ʎeˈt̪a.so] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /siʃeˈtaso/ [si.ʃeˈt̪a.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /siʒeˈtaso/ [si.ʒeˈt̪a.so] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: si‧lle‧ta‧zo

Noun

silletazo m (plural silletazos)

hit with a chair

Further reading

“silletazo”, 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