volantazo

Spanish

Etymology

From volante +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /bolanˈtaθo/ [bo.lãn̪ˈt̪a.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bolanˈtaso/ [bo.lãn̪ˈt̪a.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: vo‧lan‧ta‧zo

Noun

volantazo m (plural volantazos)

1. swerve, hard turn (with the steering wheel)

Further reading

• “volantazo”, 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