caracazo
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kaɾaˈkaθo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kaɾaˈkaso/
- Rhymes: -aθo
- Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: ca‧ra‧ca‧zo
Noun
caracazo m (plural caracazos)
- wave of violent protests and massacres, especially in Venezuela in 1989
- 2017 April 1, “Socialismo zombi de marcha atrás”, in El Nacional:
- El jueves, cuando ya Julio Borges había hecho trizas el legajo con la sentencia que ultimó la democracia, me dijo que había amanecido de golpe con visos de caracazo, un verdadero pandemonium, y que no le parecía un secuestro express, sino de larga duración, de esos que no te liberan aunque hayas pagado dos veces el monto del rescate.
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