amansalocos

== Spanish == === Etymology === Verb-object compound, composed of amansa (“to tame”) +‎ locos (“crazy person, madmen”). Literally, “madmen-tamer”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˌmansaˈlokos/ [aˌmãn.saˈlo.kos] Rhymes: -okos Syllabification: a‧man‧sa‧lo‧cos === Noun === amansalocos m (plural amansalocos) (colloquial, Argentina, Mexico, El Salvador) police baton (rustic, Argentina) whip; lash; scourge ==== Synonyms ==== === Further reading === “amansalocos”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021