encontronazo

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Spanish

Etymology

From encuentro +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /enkontɾoˈnaθo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enkontɾoˈnaso/
  • Rhymes: -aθo
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Syllabification: en‧con‧tro‧na‧zo

Noun

encontronazo m (plural encontronazos)

  1. shock, shocking event; run-in
    Synonym: encontrón
    • 2022 May 5, Marc Español, “Putin se disculpa ante Israel por los comentarios antisemitas de Lavrov”, in El País, retrieved 2022-05-06:
      Israel condenó por antisemitas los comentarios de Lavrov y convocó al embajador ruso en el país, Anatoli Viktorov, para pedir explicaciones, en el peor encontronazo entre Israel y Rusia desde el inicio de la invasión de Ucrania.
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  2. collision, crash

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