lanzallamas

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of German Flammenwerfer. Verb-object compound, composed of lanza (“to launch, to throw”) +‎ llamas (“flames”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lanθaˈʝamas/ [lãn̟.θaˈʝa.mas] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /lanθaˈʝamas/ [lãn̟.θaˈʝa.mas] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /lanθaˈʎamas/ [lãn̟.θaˈʎa.mas] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /lansaˈʝamas/ [lãn.saˈʝa.mas] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /lansaˈʝamas/ [lãn.saˈʝa.mas] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /lansaˈʎamas/ [lãn.saˈʎa.mas] (northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /lansaˈʃamas/ [lãn.saˈʃa.mas] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /lansaˈʒamas/ [lãn.saˈʒa.mas] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /lansaˈjamas/ [lãn.saˈja.mas] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -amas
• Syllabification: lan‧za‧lla‧mas

Noun

lanzallamas m (plural lanzallamas)

1. flamethrower

Further reading

• “lanzallamas”, 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