paranco

Concepts

hoist

tackle

pulley

block

reverse hanging

Palestinian hanging

rigging

rope

🪢

strappado

Synonyms

carrucola

elevatore

🛗

puleggia

Translations

palan

polipasto

Flaschenzug

cerveza fuerte

polispasto

polia

hijsblok

katrol

Takel

seilrolle

Seilrolle

Talje

Kettenzug

ανυψωτήρας

ternal

Hyphenated as

pa‧ràn‧co

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paˈran.ko/

Etymology

Uncertain, but probably from the older variant palanco or from palanca, from Vulgar Latin palanca, from Latin phalanga, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx), or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin paranchus, palanchus. Cognate with Sicilian parànculu.