portazo

Spanish

Etymology

From puerta ‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /poɾˈtaθo/ [poɾˈt̪a.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /poɾˈtaso/ [poɾˈt̪a.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: por‧ta‧zo

Noun

portazo m (plural portazos)

1. the act of slamming a door
2. the instance of a door slamming

Further reading

• “portazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28