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palo sustantivo masculino 1a) (trozo de madera) stick;(de valla, portería) post; (de herramienta) handle; (de tienda, carpa) tent pole;◊ palo de escoba broomstick, broomhandle;de tal palo, tal astilla a chip off the old block, like father like son (o like mother like daughter etc)b) (AmC, Col fam) (árbol) treec) (Dep) (de golf) (golf) club;(de hockey) hockey stickd) (Náut) mast;◊ palo mayor mainmast2 (madera) wood;◊ cuchara de palo wooden spoon3 (fam) (golpe) blow (with a stick);◊ lo molieron a palos they beat him till he was black and blue4 (en naipes) suit
palo sustantivo masculino
1 stick: este queso está más seco que un palo, this cheese is as dry as dust
su hermano está como un palo, his brother is as thin as a rake
2 (estacazo) blow
3 fam (disgusto, golpe) blow: su muerte ha sido un palo para ella, his death was a real blow to her
me da palo tener que decírselo yo, I'm really cut up about having to tell her (decepción) disappointment: menudo palo nos dio cuando nos dijeron que no cantaría, it was a real disappointment to us when we heard that he wasn't going to sing (rollo) drag
4 (madera) una cuchara/pata de palo, a wooden spoon/ leg
5 Náut (mástil) mast
palo mayor, mainmast
6 Dep (de portería) woodwork
7 Golf club
8 Naipes suit Locuciones: moler a palos a alguien, to beat sb up
a palo seco, on its own
de tal palo, tal astilla, like father, like son 'palo' also found in these entries: Spanish: astilla - caballito - estaca - garrote - hisopo - jarabe - tranca - trinquete - vara - verga - bolo - cachiporra - corazón - empuñar - espada - extremo - helado - oro - partir - pata - pica - pique - rombo - trébol - triunfo English: broomstick - carrot - chip - club - drive - end - father - golf club - like - pointed - Pole - ram - rosewood - shaft - stake - stick - stout - stroke - suit - taper - wave - wooden - broom - dead - golf - pole - spar - wood
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.