tijeretazo
Spanish, noun/tixeɾeˈtaθo/
tijeretazo is spelled T-I-J-E-R-E-T-A-Z-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 139,655th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tijeretazo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “snip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada movimiento de cierre de las tijeras, y el corte hecho por él”.
What does tijeretazo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesnip
- 2
masculinecut, cutback
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cada movimiento de cierre de las tijeras, y el corte hecho por él.
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 tijeretazo
- tijeretazos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tijeretazo?
- /tixeɾeˈtaθo/
- [t̪i.xe.ɾeˈt̪a.θo]
- /tixeɾeˈtaso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tijeretazo in Spanish?
tijeretazo appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).