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palo.

stake, stick, wood

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpalo/[ˈpa.lo]
  1. stake, stick, wood

    masculine
    Mamá, me pegó con un palo.
  2. suit

    masculine
    Las barajas suelen tener cuatro palos.
  3. hit, blow, strike (especially, with a stick)

    masculine
  4. blow

    figuratively · masculine
  5. mast (a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship)

    masculine
  6. post; goalpost; woodwork

    masculine
  7. execution by hanging or beheading

    historical · masculine
  8. style (of flamenco)

    masculine
  9. tree

    El-Salvador · colloquial · masculine
    Ella está por el palo de hule.
  10. shot (a small serving of alcoholic spirits)

    Puerto-Rico · Venezuela · masculine · slang
    Sírvame un palo de ron.
  11. penis

    Latin-America · masculine · vulgar
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin pālus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Cognate with English pole and pale (“fence post”). Compare the vulgar reference to the penis with Portuguese pau.

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