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Spanish
Etymology
From punta + -azo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /punˈtaθo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /punˈtaso/
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: pun‧ta‧zo
Noun
puntazo m (plural puntazos)
- injury caused by a sharp pointed object
- (bullfighting) light hit with the horn
2015 September 14, “‘Viergado’, un toro bravo de Saltillo, protagonista en la plaza de Las Ventas”, in El País:El novillero español Rafael Serna cortó la única oreja en el quinto festejo de la campaña de novilladas en la plaza de Guadalajara (México), en tanto que los mexicanos Angel Espinosa Platerito, que sufrió un puntazo en el muslo derecho, y André Lagravere El Galo se fueron en vacío.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- poke, jibe
- (colloquial) amazing thing, kick-ass thing, beauty
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