balonazo

Spanish

Etymology

From balón +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /baloˈnaθo/ [ba.loˈna.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /baloˈnaso/ [ba.loˈna.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ba‧lo‧na‧zo

Noun

balonazo m (plural balonazos)

1. hit (of a ball)
2. a blow/hit with a ball

Further reading

• “balonazo”, 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