Maracanazo

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Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from Portuguese Maracanã (“the stadium that hosted the match”) plus the suffix -azo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ra.kaˈna.so/
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ra‧ca‧nà‧zo

Proper noun

Maracanazo m

  1. (soccer) Maracanaço (final match in the 1950 FIFA World Cup, won by Uruguay over Brazil)
    • 2015, Fabrizio Tanzilli, Lo spazio della libertà: Da Michels a Guardiola, il viaggio dell’idea che ha rivoluzionato il calcio‎, LIT EDIZIONI, →ISBN:
      L’attenzione è tutta sulla Seleçao, all’inseguimento del sesto Mondiale e obbligata a scacciare l’incubo del Maracanazo del 1950, e sul fuoriclasse del Barcellona, sbarcato in Brasile con l’arduo compito di superare il mito di Maradona.
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Synonyms

Spanish

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Etymology

From Portuguese Maracanã (“the stadium that hosted the match”) +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /maɾakaˈnaθo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /maɾakaˈnaso/
  • Rhymes: -aθo
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Syllabification: Ma‧ra‧ca‧na‧zo

Proper noun

Maracanazo m

  1. (soccer) Maracanaço (final match in the 1950 FIFA World Cup, won by Uruguay over Brazil)
    • 2010, Santiago González Dambrauskas, Suicidio intelectual, Ediciones Trilce, →ISBN, page 34:
      Eso es el Maracanazo, la victoria dramática de una derrota programada. Eso es la vida, el anhelo de todo mortal, sobresalir de la superficie.
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    • 2014, Luca Caioli, Neymar, Ronaldo, Messi: Tres talentos únicos. Tres estrategias deportivas. Tres modelos de negocio‎, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial España, →ISBN:
      Scolari espera borrar de una vez por todas el recuerdo del «Maracanazo» de 1950 cuando, contra todo pronóstico, Brasil perdió en casa contra Uruguay la final del mundial.
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