baqueta

baqueta
feminine noun
1ramrod (de fusil)
  • tratar o llevar a la baqueta (figurative) -> to treat harshly
2drumstick (Mús)

baqueta [bah-kay’-tah]
noun
1Ramrod, gunstick. (f)
2Switch used in a riding-house, in breaking in young horses. (f)
  • Mandar a baqueta -> a la baqueta, to command imperiously
  • Tratar a baqueta -> to treat a person in a haughty manner
noun, plural
3Drumsticks.
4Gantlet, gantlope, a military punishment.
5Beads, reeds, a semicylindric moulding. (Architecture)
6Rods of hollywood, used in beating wool.

baqueta
sustantivo:femenino
1 (Mil) ramrod
correr baquetas
pasar por baquetas
to run the gauntlet
mandar a baqueta to rule tyrannically
tratar a algn a (la) baqueta to treat sb harshly
2 (Música) [de tambor] drumstick; (Centroamérica) (México) [de marimba] hammer

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