bambinazo

Spanish

Etymology

From Bambino +‎ -azo, from the nickname of Babe Ruth, legendary baseball player, from Italian bambino (“male child”).

Noun

bambinazo m (plural bambinazos)

1. (baseball) home run, homer

Further reading

• “bambinazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10