vergajazo

Spanish

Etymology

From vergajo +‎ -azo, from verga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /beɾɡaˈxaθo/ [beɾ.ɣ̞aˈxa.θo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /beɾɡaˈxaso/ [beɾ.ɣ̞aˈxa.so]
(Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
Syllabification: ver‧ga‧ja‧zo

Noun

vergajazo m (plural vergajazos)

whip, lash
blow from a whip or lash

Further reading

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

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