palo.
stake, stick, wood
Meaning & usage
stake, stick, wood
Mamá, me pegó con un palo.
suit
Las barajas suelen tener cuatro palos.
hit, blow, strike (especially, with a stick)
blow
mast (a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship)
post; goalpost; woodwork
execution by hanging or beheading
style (of flamenco)
tree
Ella está por el palo de hule.
shot (a small serving of alcoholic spirits)
Sírvame un palo de ron.
penis
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.