trancazo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾanˈkaθo/ [t̪ɾãŋˈka.θo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /tɾanˈkaso/ [t̪ɾãŋˈka.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: tran‧ca‧zo
Noun
trancazo m (plural trancazos)
- a hit with a stick
- (colloquial) flu
- (colloquial, Latin America) a roadblock
- Synonym: bloqueo
Further reading
- “trancazo”, 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