billetazo

Spanish

Etymology

From billete +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /biʝeˈtaθo/ [bi.ʝeˈt̪a.θo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /biʝeˈtaθo/ [bi.ʝeˈt̪a.θo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /biʎeˈtaθo/ [bi.ʎeˈt̪a.θo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /biʝeˈtaso/ [bi.ʝeˈt̪a.so]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /biʝeˈtaso/ [bi.ʝeˈt̪a.so]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /biʎeˈtaso/ [bi.ʎeˈt̪a.so]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biʃeˈtaso/ [bi.ʃeˈt̪a.so]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biʒeˈtaso/ [bi.ʒeˈt̪a.so]

• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: bi‧lle‧ta‧zo

Noun

billetazo m (plural billetazos)

1. Augmentative of billete; big boy (big banknote)
2. spending a lot of money