pencazo

From penca +‎ -azo.

• IPA^(key): /penˈkaθo/ [pẽŋˈka.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /penˈkaso/ [pẽŋˈka.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pen‧ca‧zo

pencazo m (plural pencazos) (colloquial)

1. (Chile, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Northern Colombia) hit (collision or other physical accident)
2. (Chile, Northern Colombia) bang, bash, punch
3. (Chile, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Uruguay) shots (instance of drinking alcohol)
4. (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a heavy rain
5. (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a lot (of)

   Synonyms: (vulgar) vergo, montón, (vulgar) chingo, cachimbo, madral

• “pencazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “pencazo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010