verdugo
Meaning
- (masculine) executioner, hangman (official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal)
- (masculine) tyrant
- (masculine) puntilla (small dagger for administering the coup de grâce to the bull)
Concepts
headsman
Northern shrike
woodchat shrike
Synonyms
pega reborda
capsigrany
alcaudón meridional
picanso
margaso
caudón real
picanzo real
picanza
pedro alonso
alcaudón real norteño
gaudón
alcaudón rial
pájaro verdugo
hurraco carbonero
alcabudona
picaza manchada
cacindrán
caidona
picapuerta
picapuerco garcero
picapuerco
alcaudón común
alcaudón real
alcaudón senador
pedroalonso
picagrega
cabezurrón
mermeja
calcidrián
picapuerco carnicero
picaza chillona
galana galdona
alcaidón
alcairón
caldón
alcudón real
alcauzón
pegarebordes
guión de pinzón
alcaldón
caudón desollador
alcaudón norteño
alcaire
alcudón morisco
cabecigordo
chajorro
picanzo rebordá
cabeza rubia
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ver‧du‧go
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/beɾˈduɡo/
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *virdūcus, from *virde, from Latin viridis (“green”), with the meaning of "a green stick used to beat someone".
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