bolazo

Spanish

Etymology

From bola +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /boˈlaθo/ [boˈla.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /boˈlaso/ [boˈla.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: bo‧la‧zo

Noun

bolazo m (plural bolazos)

1. big ball; Augmentative of bola
2. hit by a ball, for example a snowball
3. whopper, tall tale (lie)

Further reading

• “bolazo”, 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