cantazo

Galician

FWOTD – 23 August 2026

Cantazos

Alternative forms

• cantaço (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From canto (“stone; pebble”) + -azo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtaθo/ [kɑn̪ˈt̪a.θʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /kanˈtaθo/ [kɑn̪ˈt̪a.θʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /kanˈtaso/ [kɑn̪ˈt̪a.sʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -aθo

• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso

• Hyphenation: can‧ta‧zo

Noun

cantazo m (plural cantazos)

1. a pebble; a stone that can be handled

   Synonyms: croio, pedra

2. a blow with a pebble

   Synonym: pedrada

3. corner (where two walls intersect)

   Synonym: esquina

Derived terms

• acantazar

Related terms

• canto

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cantazo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cantazo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “cantaço”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish canto

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin -āceus

Spanish -azo

Spanish cantazo

From canto + -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtaθo/ [kãn̪ˈt̪a.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kanˈtaso/ [kãn̪ˈt̪a.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: can‧ta‧zo

Noun

cantazo m (plural cantazos)

1. (Puerto Rico) hit, strike

   Synonym: golpe

Further reading

• “cantazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “cantazo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010