cocotazo

Spanish

Etymology

From cocota +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aso

Noun

cocotazo m (plural cocotazos)

1. (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, slang) hit on the head with the knuckles

   Synonym: coscorrón

References

• Orlando Alba (2003) Cómo hablamos los dominicanos‎^[1], Santo Domingo: Amigo del Hogar

Further reading

• “cocotazo”, 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