bandazo
Spanish, noun/banˈdaθo/
bandazo is spelled B-A-N-D-A-Z-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 180,102nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bandazo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “swerve, sudden movement, jolt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Movimiento o balance violento que da una embarcación hacia babor o estribor”.
What does bandazo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswerve, sudden movement, jolt
dar bandazos
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Movimiento o balance violento que da una embarcación hacia babor o estribor. 2. Movimiento brusco de alguien o algo, que se desvía de una línea recta. 3. Cambio brusco de rumbo o de actitud.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bandazo
- bandazos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bandazo?
- /banˈdaθo/
- [bãn̪ˈd̪a.θo]
- /banˈdaso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bandazo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bandazo in Spanish?
bandazo appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).