hallazgo

Spanish

Etymology

From hallar +‎ -azgo, or from a Vulgar Latin *afflāticum, from Latin afflō. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese achádego

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /aˈʝaθɡo/ [aˈʝaθ̬.ɣ̞o]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /aˈʎaθɡo/ [aˈʎaθ̬.ɣ̞o]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /aˈʝasɡo/ [aˈʝaz.ɣ̞o]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /aˈʎasɡo/ [aˈʎaz.ɣ̞o]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃasɡo/ [aˈʃaz.ɣ̞o]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒasɡo/ [aˈʒaz.ɣ̞o]

(Spain) Rhymes: -aθɡo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -asɡo
Syllabification: ha‧llaz‧go

Noun

hallazgo m (plural hallazgos)

discovery
Synonym: descubrimiento
(obsolete) reward (for discovering and returning lost property to the owner)
Synonym: gratificación

Related terms

Further reading

“hallazgo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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