brochazo

Spanish

Etymology

From brocha +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾoˈt͡ʃaθo/ [bɾoˈt͡ʃa.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /bɾoˈt͡ʃaso/ [bɾoˈt͡ʃa.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: bro‧cha‧zo

Noun

brochazo m (plural brochazos)

1. (painting) dab with a brush
   • 2015 September 18, “Osama Abdul Mohsen camina por el cielo”, in El País‎:

     Sólo existes, venía a decir (simplificando, y en plan brochazo), si sales en televisión.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “brochazo”, 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