chispazo

Spanish

Etymology

From chispa +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃisˈpaθo/ [t͡ʃisˈpa.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃisˈpaso/ [t͡ʃisˈpa.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: chis‧pa‧zo

Noun

chispazo m (plural chispazos)

1. spark

Further reading

• “chispazo”, 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