plumazo

Spanish

Etymology

From pluma +‎ -azo, or Latin plumacium. Compare Portuguese plumaço. Cf. also the inherited Old Spanish llumazo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /pluˈmaθo/ [pluˈma.θo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /pluˈmaso/ [pluˈma.so]
(Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
Syllabification: plu‧ma‧zo

Noun

plumazo m (plural plumazos)

stroke of the pen
feather mattress

Derived terms

de un plumazo

Further reading

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

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