" tijeretazo"

Question

Rajoy descarta un tijeretazo social...

Does tijeretazo here, refer to cuts in the economy? I haven't seen it used this way before. Or is it simply, "... without embarking on cuts to social programmes"?

tijeritazo

Answer 1

tijeretazo.

(De tijereta).

1. m. Corte hecho de un golpe con las tijeras.

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So it's the result of the scissors rather than the act itself? - lagartijaverde, Jul 30, 2011

It says noun; not verb. - 0074b507, Jul 30, 2011

Answer 2

Another thing looking at Tijeretazo wasn't there a recent discussion about uses of "tazo"? Can't find it though.

You mean "azo"- the suffix of pain or Augmentative Suffixes - azo?

That's it! Thanks - lagartijaverde, Jul 30, 2011

Answer 3

How about

Rajoy rules out cuts to social programmes.

?

That's good. - lagartijaverde, Jul 30, 2011

Answer 4

Rajoy rejects cuts to social programs

"Tijeretazo" sounds like an attack with tijeras--scissors.

Yes I think it means "snip" or something similar, it does look dangerous though :-) - lagartijaverde, Jul 30, 2011

Answer 5

He will not cut down on social programmes.

Can you say he discards/he rejects cutting down on...sound weird to me....

Answer 6

He will not cut down on social programmes. Can you say he discards/he rejects cutting down on...sound weird to me..

Yes, that's why I came up with "...embarking on.."

Another thing looking at Tijeretazo wasn't there a recent discussion about uses of "tazo"? Can't find it though.