zapotazo

From zapote +‎ -azo.

• IPA^(key): /θapoˈtaθo/ [θa.poˈt̪a.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sapoˈtaso/ [sa.poˈt̪a.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: za‧po‧ta‧zo

zapotazo m (plural zapotazos)

1. (Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) thump; thwack; whack; bash

• “zapotazo”, 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
• “zapotazo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010