hallazgo

Spanish

Etymology

From hallar ‎ -azgo, or from a Vulgar Latin *afflāticum, from Latin afflō. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese achádego

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈʝaθɡo/ [aˈʝaθ̬.ɣ̞o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /aˈʝaθɡo/ [aˈʝaθ̬.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /aˈʎaθɡo/ [aˈʎaθ̬.ɣ̞o]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aˈʝasɡo/ [aˈʝaz.ɣ̞o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /aˈʝasɡo/ [aˈʝaz.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /aˈʎasɡo/ [aˈʎaz.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃasɡo/ [aˈʃaz.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒasɡo/ [aˈʒaz.ɣ̞o]

• Rhymes: -aθɡo
• Rhymes: -asɡo
• Syllabification: ha‧llaz‧go

Noun

hallazgo m (plural hallazgos)

1. discovery

   Synonym: descubrimiento

2. (obsolete) reward (for discovering and returning lost property to the owner)

   Synonym: gratificación

Related terms

• hallada
• hallar

 

Further reading

• “hallazgo”, 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