chasquido

Spanish

Etymology

From chascar +‎ -ido.

Noun

chasquido m (plural chasquidos)

1. a whipping, crackling, clicking or similar sound

   chasquido de dedos ― click/snap of the fingers

   chasquido del codo ― cracking of the elbow

   el chasquido de Thanos

   Thanos snap

2. click (the sound a dolphin makes)

Further reading

• “chasquido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16