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palo mayor

Spanish, noun[ˈpalo maˈʝoɾ]

palo mayor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mainmast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does palo mayor mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemainmast

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. En embarcaciones a vela, el principal y mayor de sus palos.

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 mayor

  • palos mayores plural

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

How do you pronounce palo mayor?

  • [ˈpalo maˈʝoɾ]
  • [ˈpalo maˈʃoɾ]
  • [ˈpalo maˈʒoɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to palo mayor

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