bastón de mando
Spanish edit
Noun edit
bastón de mando m (plural bastones de mando)
- staff of power; baton (a symbolic staff held by a person in authority, especially by the mayor in Spanish towns)
- (figurative) baton, balance of power
Further reading edit
- “bastón de mando”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014