cuidapalos

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of cuida (“to tend”) +‎ palos (“goalposts”).

Noun

cuidapalos m (plural cuidapalos)

1. (Latin America) goalkeeper

Further reading

• “cuidapalos”, 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