carcelazo

Spanish

Etymology

From cárcel +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾθeˈlaθo/ [kaɾ.θeˈla.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾseˈlaso/ [kaɾ.seˈla.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: car‧ce‧la‧zo

Noun

carcelazo m (plural carcelazos)

1. (Colombia, Venezuela) imprisonment

Further reading

• “carcelazo”, 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