caballazo

Spanish

Etymology

From caballo +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /kabaˈʝaθo/ [ka.β̞aˈʝa.θo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /kabaˈʎaθo/ [ka.β̞aˈʎa.θo]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /kabaˈʝaso/ [ka.β̞aˈʝa.so]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /kabaˈʎaso/ [ka.β̞aˈʎa.so]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kabaˈʃaso/ [ka.β̞aˈʃa.so]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kabaˈʒaso/ [ka.β̞aˈʒa.so]

(Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lla‧zo

Noun

caballazo m (plural caballazos)

an accident or collision involving a horse

Further reading

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

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