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palo

stick

Noun palo m (plural palos)

  1. stake, stick, wood
    Mamá, me pegó con un palo.
    Mom, he hit me with a stick.
  2. (card games) suit
    Las barajas suelen tener cuatro palos.
    Decks usually have four suits.
  3. (heraldry) pale
  4. hit, blow, strike (especially, with a stick)
  5. (figuratively) blow
  6. (nautical) mast (a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship)
  7. (sports) post; goalpost; woodwork
  8. (historical) execution by hanging or beheading
  9. (music) style (of flamenco)
  10. (colloquial, El Salvador) tree
    Ella está por el palo de hule.
    She's by the rubber tree.
  11. (slang, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) shot (a small serving of alcoholic spirits)
    Sírvame un palo de ron.
    Get me a shot of rum.
  12. (vulgar, Latin America) penis

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Cuando la escuela no tenía libros ni papel ni lapiceros, ella escribía el alfabeto en el suelo con un palo.

    When the school had no books or paper or pencils, she wrote the alphabet on the ground with a stick.

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  • El perro olfateó el palo.

    The dog sniffed the stick.

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  • Lo apaleó hasta la muerte con un palo de golf.

    She beat him to death with a golf club.

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  • Mira aquel palo en la plaza.

    Look at that pole in the square.

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  • En casa de herrero, cuchillo de palo.

    The cobbler's children go barefoot.

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  • El perro estaba olfateando un palo.

    The dog was sniffing a stick.

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  • Até un palo a la planta para enderezarla.

    I tied a stick to the plant to straighten it.

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  • Me da palo hacer la tarea.

    I feel too lazy to do my homework.

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  • Revolvé la pintura con un palo.

    Stir the paint with a stick.

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  • De tal palo, tal astilla.

    Like father, like son.

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