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Spanish
Etymology
From puntilla + -azo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /puntiˈʝaθo/
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /puntiˈʝaθo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /puntiˈʎaθo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /puntiˈʝaso/
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /puntiˈʝaso/
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /puntiˈʎaso/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /puntiˈʃaso/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /puntiˈʒaso/
- Rhymes: -aθo
- Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: pun‧ti‧lla‧zo
Noun
puntillazo m (plural puntillazos)
- coup de grâce
- (Chile) any of the massive beach parties held at La Puntilla, in Pichilemu, Chile
2014 February 26, Diego Grez, “Carta a las autoridades: #NoMasPuntillazos”, in El Marino:La situación de la playa la Caletilla es insostenible; los denominados puntillazos son fiestas descontroladas que terminan convirtiendo este apacible lugar en invierno, en un verdadero infierno durante todas las noches de verano.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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