frenazo

Spanish

Etymology

From freno +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾeˈnaθo/ [fɾeˈna.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /fɾeˈnaso/ [fɾeˈna.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: fre‧na‧zo

Noun

frenazo m (plural frenazos)

1. sudden or violent braking of a vehicle

   Hypernyms: frenada, frenado, frenaje

Related terms

• frenar

Further reading

• “frenazo”, 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