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palo

Spanish, noun

palo is spelled P-A-L-O (4 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,394th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “stake, stick, wood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Palo is a different word: “Palo (Afro-Cuban syncretic religion)”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pieza larga y estrecha de madera u otro material similar, usada como vara o como mango para un utensilio”.

What does palo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestake, stick, wood

    Mamá, me pegó con un palo.

  2. 2

    masculinesuit

    Las barajas suelen tener cuatro palos.

  3. 3

    masculinehit, blow, strike (especially, with a stick)

  4. 4

    masculineblow

  5. 5

    masculinemast (a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship)

  6. 6

    masculinepost; goalpost; woodwork

  7. 7

    masculineexecution by hanging or beheading

  8. 8

    masculinestyle (of flamenco)

noun

as Palo
  1. 1

    masculinePalo (Afro-Cuban syncretic religion)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pieza larga y estrecha de madera u otro material similar, usada como vara o como mango para un utensilio. 2. Golpe dado con una pieza tal. 3. Pecíolo de la hoja o pedúnculo de la fruta de un árbol. 4. Cada una de las series identificadas por una figura característica en que se divide un mazo de naipes.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of palo

  • palos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to palo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is palo in Spanish?

palo appears 24 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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