polipasto

Spanish

Alternative forms

• polispasto (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin polyspaston (“hoisting-tackle with many pulleys”), from Ancient Greek πολύσπαστον (polúspaston).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poliˈpasto/ [po.liˈpas.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -asto
• Syllabification: po‧li‧pas‧to

Noun

polipasto m (plural polipastos)

1. polyspast, block and tackle

Further reading

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