plazo

See also: plażo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish plazo, plazdo, from Latin placitus [diēs] (“agreed day”), perfect passive participle of placeō (“to be pleasing”). Compare Portuguese prazo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaθo/ [ˈpla.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈplaso/ [ˈpla.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pla‧zo

Noun

plazo m (plural plazos)

1. period, phase
2. deadline, term (time limit)
3. installment, payment

Derived terms

• a corto plazo
• a largo plazo
• a medio plazo
• a plazo fijo
• aplazar
• correr el plazo
• en tres plazos
• largoplacista

Related terms

• placer

References

• Ralph Penny (2002), A History of the Spanish Language, Cambridge University Press, page 89

Further reading

• “plazo”, 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