cacerolazo

Spanish

Etymology

From cacerola (“cooking pot”) +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kaθeɾoˈlaθo/ [ka.θe.ɾoˈla.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kaseɾoˈlaso/ [ka.se.ɾoˈla.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ca‧ce‧ro‧la‧zo

Noun

cacerolazo m (plural cacerolazos)

1. (Venezuela, Ecuador, Cono Sur) Alternative form of cacerolada
2. a hit or blow with a saucepan

Further reading

• “cacerolazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10