polipasto
Spanish
Alternative forms
- polispasto (rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin polyspaston (“hoisting-tackle with many pulleys”), from Ancient Greek πολύσπαστον (polúspaston).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poliˈpasto/ [po.liˈpas.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -asto
- Syllabification: po‧li‧pas‧to
Noun
polipasto m (plural polipastos)
- polyspast, block and tackle
Further reading
- “polipasto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014