navajazo

Spanish

Etymology

From navaja (“pocketknife”) +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /nabaˈxaθo/ [na.β̞aˈxa.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /nabaˈxaso/ [na.β̞aˈxa.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: na‧va‧ja‧zo

Noun

navajazo m (plural navajazos)

1. stab with a knife

   Synonym: navajada

Further reading

• “navajazo”, 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