cadalso

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈdalso/, [kaˈðalso]

Noun

cadalso m (plural cadalsos)

scaffold (elevated platform on which a criminal is executed)
(by extension) a platform for bad news

Further reading

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

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