taponazo

Spanish

Etymology

From tapón +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /tapoˈnaθo/ [t̪a.poˈna.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /tapoˈnaso/ [t̪a.poˈna.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ta‧po‧na‧zo

Noun

taponazo m (plural taponazos)

1. hit given by the bottle stopper when opening a bottle
2. the sound produced by opening a bottle
3. (Argentina, Uruguay) a great success

Further reading

• “taponazo”, 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