metrallazo

Spanish

Etymology

From metralla +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /metɾaˈʝaθo/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʝa.θo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /metɾaˈʎaθo/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʎa.θo]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /metɾaˈʝaso/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʝa.so]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /metɾaˈʎaso/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʎa.so]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /metɾaˈʃaso/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʃa.so]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /metɾaˈʒaso/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʒa.so]

(Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
Syllabification: me‧tra‧lla‧zo

Noun

metrallazo m (plural metrallazos)

shot from a grapeshot

Further reading

“metrallazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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