botellazo

Spanish

Etymology

From botella +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /boteˈʝaθo/ [bo.t̪eˈʝa.θo] (Spain)

• IPA^(key): /boteˈʝaθo/ [bo.t̪eˈʝa.θo] (most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /boteˈʎaθo/ [bo.t̪eˈʎa.θo] (rural northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /boteˈʝaso/ [bo.t̪eˈʝa.so] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /boteˈʝaso/ [bo.t̪eˈʝa.so] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /boteˈʎaso/ [bo.t̪eˈʎa.so] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /boteˈʃaso/ [bo.t̪eˈʃa.so] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /boteˈʃaso/ [bo.t̪eˈʃa.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /boteˈʒaso/ [bo.t̪eˈʒa.so] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: bo‧te‧lla‧zo

Noun

botellazo m (plural botellazos)

1. a hit with a bottle

Further reading

• “botellazo”, 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