hormazo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin fōrmācium, substantivised from fōrmāceus (“made in a mould”), related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “a shape, form”). Compare hormaza and horma (“dry stone wall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /oɾˈmaθo/ [oɾˈma.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oɾˈmaso/ [oɾˈma.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: hor‧ma‧zo

Noun

hormazo m (plural hormazos)

1. a loose heap of stones
2. (obsolete) adobe brick or mud wall
3. (Córdoba, Granada) a type of country house or villa

   Synonyms: quinta, carmen

Further reading

• “hormazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10