garrotazo
Spanish, noun/ɡaroˈtaθo/
garrotazo is spelled G-A-R-R-O-T-A-Z-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 132,280th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garrotazo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hit with a stick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Golpe que se da con un garrote”.
What does garrotazo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehit with a stick
- 2
Latin-Americacolloquialmasculinerip-off/ripoff, overcharge (an unfair or exorbitant price or rate)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Golpe que se da con un garrote.
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 garrotazo
- garrotazos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garrotazo?
- /ɡaroˈtaθo/
- [ɡa.roˈt̪a.θo]
- /ɡaroˈtaso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is garrotazo in Spanish?
garrotazo appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).