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Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Thursday June 12, 2008
-azo, suffix:
huge; great
You can add the suffix -azo to some words to suggest that they are larger than normal. You remove the final vowel, e.g. coche → cochazo.
un cochazo que parecía de Hollywood
a huge car which seemed like something out of Hollywood
Golpeó con la manaza abierta la silla.
He hit the chair with his huge hand.
You also add the suffix -azo to some nouns to describe using the object concerned to hit someone or something. So, un ladrillo is a brick, and un ladrillazo is a blow delivered with a brick:
Le acertaron con un ladrillazo lanzado desde un edificio cercano.
She was hit by a brick thrown from a nearby building.
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