amansalocos
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of amansa (“to tame”) + locos (“crazy person, madmen”). Literally, “madmen-tamer”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]amansalocos m (plural amansalocos)
- (colloquial, Argentina, Mexico, El Salvador) police baton
- (rustic, Argentina) whip; lash; scourge
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “amansalocos”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española, Real Academia Española, 2021
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