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

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