testarazo

Spanish

Etymology

From testa +‎ -arazo, from an extended variant of -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /testaˈɾaθo/ [t̪es.t̪aˈɾa.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /testaˈɾaso/ [t̪es.t̪aˈɾa.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: tes‧ta‧ra‧zo

Noun

testarazo m (plural testarazos)

1. headbutt
2. (sports) header (the act of hitting the ball with the head)

   Synonyms: cabezazo, testarada

   • 2015 July 25, “El Barça choca contra el United y los postes”, in El País‎:

     Contestó el Barça con un testarazo de Munir.

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Further reading

• “testarazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024