trallazo

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From tralla +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /tɾaˈʝaθo/ [t̪ɾaˈʝa.θo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /tɾaˈʎaθo/ [t̪ɾaˈʎa.θo]
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /tɾaˈʝaso/ [t̪ɾaˈʝa.so]
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /tɾaˈʎaso/ [t̪ɾaˈʎa.so]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾaˈʃaso/ [t̪ɾaˈʃa.so]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾaˈʒaso/ [t̪ɾaˈʒa.so]

  • Rhymes: -aθo
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Syllabification: tra‧lla‧zo

Noun

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trallazo m (plural trallazos)

  1. crack of a whip
  2. telling-off; reprimand
  3. crack, crackle
    • 2015 October 26, “Chick Corea ofreció una noche mágica”, in El País[1]:
      Puede pasar de la música más acústica e introspectiva a los trallazos de electricidad y ritmo sin solución de continuidad.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  4. (soccer) powerful shot
    Synonyms: trallón, cañonazo

Further reading

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