chispazo
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃisˈpaθo/
chispazo is spelled C-H-I-S-P-A-Z-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 91,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chispazo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “spark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de saltar la chispa del fuego”.
What does chispazo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespark
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de saltar la chispa del fuego. 2. Daño que hace el chispazo. 3. Salto violento de chispas que se produce cuando entran en contacto dos conductores con distinta carga eléctrica. 4. Suceso aislado y de poca entidad que, como señal o muestra, precede o sigue al conjunto de otros de mayor importancia.
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 chispazo
- chispazos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chispazo?
- /t͡ʃisˈpaθo/
- [t͡ʃisˈpa.θo]
- /t͡ʃisˈpaso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chispazo in Spanish?
chispazo appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).