hormazo
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Late Latin fōrmācium, substantivised from fōrmāceus (“made in a mould”), related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “a shape, form”). Compare hormaza and horma (“dry stone wall”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /oɾˈmaθo/ [oɾˈma.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oɾˈmaso/ [oɾˈma.so]
- Rhymes: -aθo
- Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: hor‧ma‧zo
Noun
[edit]hormazo m (plural hormazos)
- a loose heap of stones
- (obsolete) adobe brick or mud wall
- (Córdoba, Granada) a type of country house or villa
Further reading
[edit]- “hormazo”, 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
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