cayado

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *caiātus, from Late Latin caia (“staff”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈʝado/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈʃado/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈʒado/

Noun

cayado m (plural cayados)

  1. staff, crook
    • 1922, Federico García Lorca, Primeras Canciones, Cuatro Baladas Amarillas, I:
      Ni ovejas blancas ni perro
      ni cayado, ni amor tienes.
      You have neither white sheep nor a dog
      nor crook nor love.

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