marrazo

Basque

Etymology

Compare Spanish marrajo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maras̻o/ [ma.ra.s̻o]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /maras̻o/ [ma.ra.s̻o]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /maras̺o/ [ma.ra.s̺o]

 

• Rhymes: -as̻o, -o

• Rhymes: -as̻o, -o
• Rhymes: -as̺o, -o

• Hyphenation: ma‧rra‧zo

Noun

marrazo anim

1. shark

Declension

Declension of marrazo (anim V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	marrazo	marrazoa	marrazoak	marrazook
ergative	marrazok	marrazoak	marrazoek	marrazook
dative	marrazori	marrazoari	marrazoei	marrazooi
genitive	marrazoren	marrazoaren	marrazoen	marrazoon
comitative	marrazorekin	marrazoarekin	marrazoekin	marrazookin
causative	marrazorengatik	marrazoarengatik	marrazoengatik	marrazoongatik
benefactive	marrazorentzat	marrazoarentzat	marrazoentzat	marrazoontzat
instrumental	marrazoz	marrazoaz	marrazoez	marrazootaz
inessive	marrazorengan	marrazoarengan	marrazoengan	marrazoongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	marrazorengana	marrazoarengana	marrazoengana	marrazoongana
terminative	marrazorenganaino	marrazoarenganaino	marrazoenganaino	marrazoonganaino
directive	marrazorenganantz	marrazoarenganantz	marrazoenganantz	marrazoonganantz
destinative	marrazorenganako	marrazoarenganako	marrazoenganako	marrazoonganako
ablative	marrazorengandik	marrazoarengandik	marrazoengandik	marrazoongandik
partitive	marrazorik	—	—	—
prolative	marrazotzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “marrazo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “marrazo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish marra

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 marrazo

From marra + -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈraθo/ [maˈra.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /maˈraso/ [maˈra.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ma‧rra‧zo

Noun

marrazo m (plural marrazos)

1. mattock

Further reading

• “marrazo”, 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