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0 pointskurofune4y ago0 comments

Not really, "palo" means "stick" in spanish.

Pole = Poste.

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aljg4y ago

"Pole" in English is derived [1] from the Latin palus (from whence "palo"). The archaic English word "pale" (also meaning stick or stake) survives in the expression "beyond the pale."

[1]https://www.etymonline.com/word/pole

kurofuneOP4y ago

That's a neat etymological fact I wasn't completely aware of, but in today's spanish "palo" doesn't mean "pole" nor "poste", it just means "stick".

I believe we are talking about two different things, because I'm only clarifying the current meaning of the word.

jacquesm4y ago

https://www.spanishdict.com/translate/palo

canadianfella4y ago

Poste is post... pole and stick can refer to the same thing.

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