cantazo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Alternative forms ===
cantaço (reintegrationist)
=== Etymology ===
From canto (“stone; pebble”) + -azo.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: can‧ta‧zo
=== Noun ===
cantazo m (plural cantazos)
a pebble; a stone that can be handled
Synonyms: croio, pedra
a blow with a pebble
Synonym: pedrada
angle (corner where two walls intersect)
Synonym: esquina
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=== References ===
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cantazo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cantazo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From canto + -azo.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kanˈtaθo/ [kãn̪ˈt̪a.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
IPA(key): /kanˈtaso/ [kãn̪ˈt̪a.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -aθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: can‧ta‧zo
=== Noun ===
cantazo m (plural cantazos)
(Puerto Rico) hit, strike
Synonym: golpe
=== Further reading ===
“cantazo”, 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
“cantazo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010