azotacalles

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of azota (“to whip, to flog”) +‎ calles (“streets”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθotaˈkaʝes/ [a.θo.t̪aˈka.ʝes]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /aθotaˈkaʝes/ [a.θo.t̪aˈka.ʝes]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /aθotaˈkaʎes/ [a.θo.t̪aˈka.ʎes]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /asotaˈkaʝes/ [a.so.t̪aˈka.ʝes]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /asotaˈkaʝes/ [a.so.t̪aˈka.ʝes]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /asotaˈkaʎes/ [a.so.t̪aˈka.ʎes]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /asotaˈkaʃes/ [a.so.t̪aˈka.ʃes]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /asotaˈkaʒes/ [a.so.t̪aˈka.ʒes]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝes

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝes
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎes
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃes
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒes

• Syllabification: a‧zo‧ta‧ca‧lles

Noun

azotacalles m or f by sense (plural azotacalles)

1. (dated) flaneur, wanderer

   Synonym: trotacalles

Further reading

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