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Where does “tortazo” come from?

tortazo (Spanish) comes from Spanish -azo, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

tortazo (Spanish): slap in the face; hit in the face; hit with a...

Definitions

  1. slap in the face; hit in the face; hit with a...

Ancestry of “tortazo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-azoForming augmentatives; words expressing greatness...
2Latin-āceus—
3Latin-āx—
4Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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