polipasto
Spanish, noun/poliˈpasto/
polipasto is spelled P-O-L-I-P-A-S-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish, the 244,405th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polipasto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “polyspast, block and tackle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sistema de poleas que consiguen multiplicar una fuerza, compuesto de un grupo fijo y de otro móvil”.
What does polipasto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepolyspast, block and tackle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sistema de poleas que consiguen multiplicar una fuerza, compuesto de un grupo fijo y de otro móvil.
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 polipasto
- polipastos plural
- polispasto alternative rare
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polipasto?
- /poliˈpasto/
- [po.liˈpas.t̪o]
- [poliˈpast̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is polipasto in Spanish?
polipasto appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).