varazo

Spanish

Etymology

From vara +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /baˈɾaθo/ [baˈɾa.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /baˈɾaso/ [baˈɾa.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: va‧ra‧zo

Noun

varazo m (plural varazos)

1. a hit with a stick, branch or lance
2. a hit (in general)

Further reading

• “varazo”, 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