trancazo

Spanish

Etymology

From tranca +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /tɾanˈkaθo/ [t̪ɾãŋˈka.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /tɾanˈkaso/ [t̪ɾãŋˈka.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: tran‧ca‧zo

Noun

trancazo m (plural trancazos)

1. a hit with a stick
2. (colloquial) flu

   Synonyms: influenza, gripe

3. (colloquial, Latin America) a roadblock

   Synonym: bloqueo

Further reading

• “trancazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28