verdugo
Galician
Noun
verdugo m (plural verdugos)
- executioner, hangman
- Synonym: buxeu
Spanish
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Possibly from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "VL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. *virdūcu-, from *virde, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin viridem (“green”), with the meaning of “a green stick used to beat someone.”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beɾˈduɡo/ [beɾˈð̞u.ɣ̞o]
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Rosario, Argentina" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
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Noun
verdugo m (plural verdugos)
- executioner, hangman (official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal)
- Synonym: oficial
- tyrant
- (bullfighting) puntilla (small dagger for administering the coup de grâce to the bull)