noun, masculine/aˈθote/plural: azotes
whip, lash, scourge (multi-tailed whip, especially when used by flagellants for mortification of the sinful flesh); lash (stroke with a whip); spanking, licking, thrashing (severe beating); calamity, scourge (event that causes great trouble and suffering, such as pestilence)
Synonyms: fusta, látigo, latigazo
Borrowed from Arabic السَوْط (as-sawṭ, “whip, cane”). Compare Portuguese açoite.