bastón de mando

Spanish

Noun

bastón de mando m (plural bastones de mando)

1. staff of power; baton (a symbolic staff held by a person in authority, especially by the mayor in Spanish towns)
2. (figurative) baton, balance of power

Further reading

• “bastón de mando”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10