pucherazo

Spanish

Etymology

From puchero +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /put͡ʃeˈɾaθo/ [pu.t͡ʃeˈɾa.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /put͡ʃeˈɾaso/ [pu.t͡ʃeˈɾa.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: pu‧che‧ra‧zo

Noun

pucherazo m (plural pucherazos)

1. hit or blow with a cooking pot
2. (politics) electoral fraud, rigged election; the cooking of the books in an election

   Synonym: fraude electoral

Further reading

• “pucherazo”, 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