tornillazo

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Spanish

Etymology

From tornillo +‎ -azo.

Noun

tornillazo m (plural tornillazos)

  1. a volte-face; a 180
    • 2017 August, “La frontera que parte en dos cielo y tierra. Deia, Noticias de Bizkaia”, in Deia:
      Aquel castaño jandilla que abrió plaza gastaba el genio de un mil leches , con el carácter infectado por las pulgas del calamocheo, los derrotes y tornillazos y la cara suelta de un golfo rufián.
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