cuchillazo

Spanish

Etymology

From cuchillo +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kut͡ʃiˈʝaθo/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʝa.θo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /kut͡ʃiˈʝaθo/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʝa.θo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /kut͡ʃiˈʎaθo/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʎa.θo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kut͡ʃiˈʝaso/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʝa.so]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /kut͡ʃiˈʝaso/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʝa.so]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /kut͡ʃiˈʎaso/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʎa.so]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kut͡ʃiˈʃaso/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʃa.so]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kut͡ʃiˈʒaso/ [ku.t͡ʃiˈʒa.so]

• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: cu‧chi‧lla‧zo

Noun

cuchillazo m (plural cuchillazos)

1. knifing; stab
2. knife wound

Further reading

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