vergajazo

Spanish

Etymology

From vergajo +‎ -azo, from verga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /beɾɡaˈxaθo/ [beɾ.ɣ̞aˈxa.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /beɾɡaˈxaso/ [beɾ.ɣ̞aˈxa.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ver‧ga‧ja‧zo

Noun

vergajazo m (plural vergajazos)

1. whip, lash
2. blow from a whip or lash

Further reading

• “vergajazo”, 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