pencazo

Spanish

Etymology

From penca +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /penˈkaθo/ [pẽŋˈka.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /penˈkaso/ [pẽŋˈka.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: pen‧ca‧zo

Noun

pencazo m (plural pencazos) (colloquial)

1. (Chile, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Northern Colombia) hit (collision or other physical accident)
2. (Chile, Northern Colombia) bang, bash, punch
3. (Chile, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Uruguay) shots (instance of drinking alcohol)
4. (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a heavy rain
5. (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a lot (of)

   Synonyms: (vulgar) vergo, montón, (vulgar) chingo, cachimbo, madral

Further reading

• “pencazo”, 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
• “pencazo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010