palazo

Spanish

Etymology

From pala +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /paˈlaθo/ [paˈla.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /paˈlaso/ [paˈla.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧zo

Noun

palazo m (plural palazos)

1. a hit or blow with a shovel

Further reading

• “palazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28