trallazo

Spanish

Etymology

From tralla +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /tɾaˈʝaθo/ [t̪ɾaˈʝa.θo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /tɾaˈʝaθo/ [t̪ɾaˈʝa.θo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /tɾaˈʎaθo/ [t̪ɾaˈʎa.θo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /tɾaˈʝaso/ [t̪ɾaˈʝa.so]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /tɾaˈʝaso/ [t̪ɾaˈʝa.so]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /tɾaˈʎaso/ [t̪ɾaˈʎa.so]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾaˈʃaso/ [t̪ɾaˈʃa.so]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾaˈʒaso/ [t̪ɾaˈʒa.so]

• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: tra‧lla‧zo

Noun

trallazo m (plural trallazos)

1. crack of a whip
2. telling-off; reprimand
3. crack, crackle
   • 2015 October 26, “Chick Corea ofreció una noche mágica”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Puede pasar de la música más acústica e introspectiva a los trallazos de electricidad y ritmo sin solución de continuidad.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. (soccer) powerful shot

   Synonyms: trallón, cañonazo

Further reading

• “trallazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28