aletazo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-?

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der.

Proto-Italic *aksis

Latin axis

Latin *axla

Latin āla

Old Spanish ala

Spanish ala

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Old French -et

Middle French -et

French -etder.

French -ettebor.

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Late Latin -ittus

Italian -ettoder.

Italian -ettabor.

Spanish -eta

Spanish aleta

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin -āceus

Spanish -azo

Spanish aletazo

From aleta + -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aleˈtaθo/ [a.leˈt̪a.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aleˈtaso/ [a.leˈt̪a.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: a‧le‧ta‧zo

Noun

aletazo m (plural aletazos)

1. a hit with a fin or wing

Further reading

• “aletazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025