aletazo

Spanish

Etymology

From aleta +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aleˈtaθo/ [a.leˈt̪a.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aleˈtaso/ [a.leˈt̪a.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: a‧le‧ta‧zo

Noun

aletazo m (plural aletazos)

1. a hit with a fin or wing

Further reading

• “aletazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28