dedazo

Spanish

Etymology

From dedo +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deˈdaθo/ [d̪eˈð̞a.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deˈdaso/ [d̪eˈð̞a.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: de‧da‧zo

Noun

dedazo m (plural dedazos)

1. (Honduras, Mexico, politics, slang) An act in which a politician or public servant appoints their successor without first following a public and/or democratic selection process.
2. a typo, typographical error.

See also

• dedocracia

Further reading

• “dedazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28