Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/beɾˈðuɣo/

Line drawing of verdugo
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Translation

executioner, hangman

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralverdugos

Examples

cubierta.

In those days the executioner always kept his face covered.

novela .

The novel tells the story of a sixteenth-century executioner.

temida evitada .

The executioner was a figure feared and avoided by everyone.

¿ medieval?

Do you know what role the executioner had in the medieval city?

figurado sufrir.

Sometimes we use verdugo figuratively for someone who makes us suffer.

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This word is part of lesson 99.