escobazo

Spanish

Etymology

From escoba +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskoˈbaθo/ [es.koˈβ̞a.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /eskoˈbaso/ [es.koˈβ̞a.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: es‧co‧ba‧zo

Noun

escobazo m (plural escobazos)

1. a blow dealt with a broom

Further reading

• “escobazo”, 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