plumazo

Spanish

Etymology

From pluma +‎ -azo, or Latin plumacium. Compare Portuguese plumaço. Cf. also the inherited Old Spanish llumazo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pluˈmaθo/ [pluˈma.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pluˈmaso/ [pluˈma.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: plu‧ma‧zo

Noun

plumazo m (plural plumazos)

1. stroke of the pen
2. feather mattress

Derived terms

• de un plumazo

 

Further reading

• “plumazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014