badajo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bat(t)uāculum, from Latin bat(t)uere (“beat”). Compare Portuguese badalo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈdaxo/ [baˈð̞a.xo]
• Rhymes: -axo
• Syllabification: ba‧da‧jo

Noun

badajo m (plural badajos)

1. clapper (the tongue of a bell)
2. (colloquial) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Further reading

• “badajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014