putazo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puˈtaθo/ [puˈt̪a.θo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /puˈtaso/ [puˈt̪a.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: pu‧ta‧zo
Etymology 1
Unclear, but most likely an apheresis of zapotazo.
Noun
putazo m (plural putazos)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
putazo m (plural putazos)
- (vulgar, derogatory, at least in Argentina) augmentative of puto (“faggot”)
Further reading
- “putazo”, 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