balacera
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From balazo (“shot, bullet wound”) + -era.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /balaˈθeɾa/ [ba.laˈθe.ɾa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /balaˈseɾa/ [ba.laˈse.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: ba‧la‧ce‧ra
Noun
[edit]balacera f (plural balaceras)
- (Latin America) shootout
- Synonym: tiroteo
Further reading
[edit]- “balacera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014