trompazo

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Spanish

Etymology

From trompa +‎ -azo; compare trompada.

Noun

trompazo m (plural trompazos)

  1. (colloquial) bash, hiding, whack
    • 2015 November 5, “Opinión”, in El País:
      Sus intérpretes cambian de personajes a la vista del público cada dos por tres, en un ejercicio de fregolismo abracadabrante, y se dan tantas tortas y trompazos como los de las películas de Chaplin o de Keaton, sin acusar por ello la tensión ni el esfuerzo realizado: dominan el lenguaje del clown y hacen cada chanza con rigor matemático.
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