paliza

From palo (“stick”) +‎ -iza.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /paˈliθa/ [paˈli.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /paˈlisa/ [paˈli.sa]
• Rhymes: -iθa
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: pa‧li‧za

paliza f (plural palizas)

1. (Spain) beating, bashing

   Synonym: (Latin America) golpiza

   Le di una paliza.

   I gave him a beating.

   • 2020 November 27, Silvia Ayuso, “El clamor tras la paliza policial a un hombre negro provoca tensión en el Gobierno francés”, in El País‎^[1], retrieved 2020-11-27:

     El vídeo con la brutal paliza a Zecler, sin embargo, parecía haber provocado un punto de inflexión.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Spain) rout, hammering, trouncing, beating (the act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat)

• “paliza”, 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