pau.
stick
Meaning & usage
stick
wood
penis, dick, cock, prick
singular of paus (“clubs”) (one of the four suits of playing cards)
a unit of currency
Isso custou uns 500 paus.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pao, from Latin pālus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Compare Galician pau, Asturian palu, and Spanish palo.
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