a palo seco
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “on (a) dry stick”. The phrase dates back to the 18th century sailors who would eat the bare minimum during violent storms, when the mast (the "stick") would be bare of sails ("dry").
Adverb
[edit]- (idiomatic) on its own (without any other type of food)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “a palo seco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28