testarazo

Spanish

Etymology

From testa +‎ -arazo, from an extended variant of -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /testaˈɾaθo/ [t̪es.t̪aˈɾa.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /testaˈɾaso/ [t̪es.t̪aˈɾa.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: tes‧ta‧ra‧zo

Noun

testarazo m (plural testarazos)

1. headbutt
2. (sports) header (the act of hitting the ball with the head)

   Synonyms: cabezazo, testarada

   • 2015 July 25, “El Barça choca contra el United y los postes”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Contestó el Barça con un testarazo de Munir.

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Further reading

• “testarazo”, 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