toletazo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toleˈtaθo/ [t̪o.leˈt̪a.θo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /toleˈtaso/ [t̪o.leˈt̪a.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: to‧le‧ta‧zo
Noun
toletazo m (plural toletazos)
- hit with a cudgel
- 2018 June 24, “¡LOS JUEGOS ENGAÑABOBOS!”, in Diario de Chiapas[1]:
- Viajaron hasta Tuxtla Gutiérrez para exponerse a los toletazos, al gas lacrimógeno y a las persecusiones de la policía.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “toletazo”, 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
- “toletazo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010