botellazo

Spanish

Etymology

From botella +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /boteˈʝaθo/ [bo.t̪eˈʝa.θo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /boteˈʎaθo/ [bo.t̪eˈʎa.θo]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /boteˈʝaso/ [bo.t̪eˈʝa.so]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /boteˈʎaso/ [bo.t̪eˈʎa.so]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /boteˈʃaso/ [bo.t̪eˈʃa.so]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /boteˈʒaso/ [bo.t̪eˈʒa.so]

(Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
Syllabification: bo‧te‧lla‧zo

Noun

botellazo m (plural botellazos)

a hit with a bottle

Further reading

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

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