silletazo

Spanish

Etymology

From silleta +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /siʝeˈtaθo/ [si.ʝeˈt̪a.θo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /siʎeˈtaθo/ [si.ʎeˈt̪a.θo]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /siʝeˈtaso/ [si.ʝeˈt̪a.so]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /siʎeˈtaso/ [si.ʎeˈt̪a.so]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /siʃeˈtaso/ [si.ʃeˈt̪a.so]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /siʒeˈtaso/ [si.ʒeˈt̪a.so]

(Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
Syllabification: si‧lle‧ta‧zo

Noun

silletazo m (plural silletazos)

hit with a chair

Further reading

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

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