planchazo

Spanish

Etymology

From plancha (“iron”) +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /planˈt͡ʃaθo/ [plãnʲˈt͡ʃa.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /planˈt͡ʃaso/ [plãnʲˈt͡ʃa.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: plan‧cha‧zo

Noun

planchazo m (plural planchazos)

1. (dated) cock-up
2. belly flop (a style of diving into a body of water in which the surface impact is made mostly by one's abdomen.)
3. (sports) big dive
   • 2016 March, “Suárez entró en el podio de América”, in El Pais (Uruguay)‎^[1]:

     A los 62´ Neymar le cometió una dura falta a Álvaro González con un fuerte planchazo que el árbitro Néstor Pitana sancionó con amarilla, pero que bien podría haber sido roja.

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4. hit with an iron

Further reading

• “planchazo”, 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