zasca

== Spanish == === Etymology === Popularized as the catchphrase of the humorist Berto Romero in the Spanish late night show Buenafuente and afterwards in social networks and internet, as a shortening of zas, en toda la boca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθaska/ [ˈθas.ka] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈsaska/ [ˈsas.ka] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aska Syllabification: zas‧ca === Noun === zasca m (plural zascas) (colloquial, Spain) rebuttal, smackdown, clapback (bazinga) (colloquial, Spain) smack, whack (the sound of a heavy strike) === Interjection === zasca (Spain) bosh, bash (imitation of a hit) Synonym: zas (colloquial, Spain) bazinga === See also === pum === References === === Further reading === “zasca”, 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 El origen de la cultura del zasca zasca, sustantivo válido ¡Zasca!, la expresión de moda