varetazo

Spanish

Etymology

From vareta +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /baɾeˈtaθo/ [ba.ɾeˈt̪a.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /baɾeˈtaso/ [ba.ɾeˈt̪a.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: va‧re‧ta‧zo

Noun

varetazo m (plural varetazos)

1. (bullfighting) a hit with the lateral part of a bull's horn

Further reading

• “varetazo”, 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