noun, masculine/ˈpalo/plural: palos
stake, stick, wood; suit; hit, blow, strike (especially, with a stick); blow; mast (a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship)
“Mamá, me pegó con un palo.” — Mom, he hit me with a stick.
Synonyms: mástil, árbol, trago, chupito, amigo, badajo, bicho, cabeza de papa
Inherited from Latin pālus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Cognate with English pole and pale (“fence post”).