palote
Spanish, noun/paˈlote/
palote is spelled P-A-L-O-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 122,511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palote is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “downstroke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Palo del tambor”.
What does palote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedownstroke
- 2
masculinebeanpole
- 3
masculinedrumstick, drum stick (often said specifically of drum sticks for snare drums)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Palo del tambor. 2. Trazos cortos, hechos sobre papel para ejercitar la caligrafía. 3. Cilindro utilizado para estirar la masa. 4. Grupo de insectos fásmidos, alargados, delgados y ápteros.
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 palote
- palotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palote?
- /paˈlote/
- [paˈlo.t̪e]
- [paˈlot̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palote in Spanish?
palote appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).