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Spanish
Etymology
From puya + -azo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /puˈʝaθo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /puˈʝaso/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /puˈʃaso/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /puˈʃaso/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /puˈʒaso/
- Rhymes: -aθo
- Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: pu‧ya‧zo
Noun
puyazo m (plural puyazos)
- (bullfighting) blow or thrust with the lance
2015 July 22, “Escribano, a hombros, y José Garrido, solventes ante los ‘santacolomas’”, in El País:Con media entrada en los tendidos, en tarde lluviosa, se lidiaron un toro -el primero- de Los Bayones, sin fuerzas; un sobrero -el cuarto- de José Cruz, muy parado; y cuatro de Ana Romero: el segundo se lesionó a la salida del puyazo y, aún mermado, ofreció el poquito fondo que le quedó; bueno el tercero, sin humillar el quinto; con duración pero poca clase, el sexto.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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