zambombazo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θambomˈbaθo/ [θãm.bõmˈba.θo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /sambomˈbaso/ [sãm.bõmˈba.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: zam‧bom‧ba‧zo
Noun
zambombazo m (plural zambombazos)
- boom, bash, thud
- popping, explosion
- 2015 July 18, “La rémora del dobles”, in El País[1]:
- Esta fue la fórmula rusa, minimalismo puro y duro; zambombazo de Kravchuk e inmediata subida a la red, puntos por la vía rápida.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “zambombazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024