porrazo

Spanish

Etymology

From porra (“nightstick (US), truncheon (UK)”) +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /poˈraθo/ [poˈra.θo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /poˈraso/ [poˈra.so]
(Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
Syllabification: po‧rra‧zo

Noun

porrazo m (plural porrazos)

(colloquial) hit, whack, blow with a nightstick, truncheon

Derived terms

de porrazo

quien llega sano a su destino, se ríe de los porrazos del camino (es)

Further reading

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

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