palo

Spanish

noun
Definitions
  • stake, stick, wood
  • (card games) suit
  • (heraldiccharge) pale
  • hit, blow, strike (especially, with a stick)
  • (figurative) blow
  • (nautical) mast a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship
  • (sports) post; goalpost; woodwork
  • (historical) execution by hanging or beheading
  • (music) style (of flamenco)
  • (colloquial) tree
  • (slang) shot (a small serving of alcoholic spirits)
  • (vulgar) penis

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pālus (stake, prop, pale, post, pole, stay) inherited from Proto-Italic *pākslos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, *peh₂ǵ- (attach, fix, fasten, hang).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*peh₂ǵ-

Gloss

attach, fix, fasten, hang

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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