portazo

Spanish

Etymology

From puerta +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /poɾˈtaθo/ [poɾˈt̪a.θo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /poɾˈtaso/ [poɾˈt̪a.so]
(Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
Syllabification: por‧ta‧zo

Noun

portazo m (plural portazos)

the act of slamming a door
the instance of a door slamming

Further reading

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

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