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Spanish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Portuguese varapau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɾaˈpalo/
- Rhymes: -alo
- Syllabification: va‧ra‧pa‧lo
Noun
varapalo m (plural varapalos)
- long pole
- caning (hit with a cane or pole)
- (figurative) blow, heavy blow, setback
- Synonym: mazazo
2020 July 9, “España pierde la presidencia del Eurogrupo pese al apoyo de Francia y Alemania”, in El País:La derrota supone un varapalo diplomático para el Gobierno de Pedro Sánchez, que en las últimas semanas había desplegado una ofensiva en varias capitales para lograr ese sillón para Calviño.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- battering, barrage of criticism
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