verdugo

Betekenis

1. (masculine) executioner, hangman (official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal)
2. (masculine) tyrant
3. (masculine) puntilla (small dagger for administering the coup de grâce to the bull)

Koppelteken as

ver‧du‧go

Geslag

♂️ Manlik

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/beɾˈduɡo/

Etimologie

Uncertain. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *virdūcus, from *virde, from Latin viridis (“green”), with the meaning of "a green stick used to beat someone".

Sinne

Había sido verdugo de los tiempos de Rufino Barrios y Barrundia .

He had been an executioner in the times of Rufino Barrios and Barrundia.