testarazo
Spanish
Etymology
From testa + -arazo, from an extended variant of -azo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /testaˈɾaθo/ [t̪es.t̪aˈɾa.θo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /testaˈɾaso/ [t̪es.t̪aˈɾa.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: tes‧ta‧ra‧zo
Noun
testarazo m (plural testarazos)
- headbutt
- (sports) header (the act of hitting the ball with the head)
- Synonyms: cabezazo, testarada
- 2015 July 25, “El Barça choca contra el United y los postes”, in El País[1]:
- Contestó el Barça con un testarazo de Munir.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “testarazo”, 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