maza

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maza

feminine noun

1mace (arma); drumstick (de bombo)

maza [mah’-thah]

noun

1Club, a stick shod with iron. (f)

2Mace, an ensign of authority. (f)

3Engine or pile engine. (f)

4Nave or hub of a wheel. (f)

5Rag pinned to men or women’s clothes to make a laughing-stock of them. (f)

6Beetle for flax or hemp. (f)

7An importunate or troublesome fellow. (f)

8The thick end of a billiard-cue. (f)

9Something noisy tied to a dog’s tail (carnaval). (f)

maza

sustantivo:femenino

1 (arma) mace; (Dep) bat; (Polo) stick; mallet; (Música) drumstick; [de taco de billar] handle; (Técnica) flail; [de cáñamo, lino] brake

la declaración del Gobierno cayó como una maza sobre la oposición the government statement was a bombshell for the opposition

...se quedaron sin saber qué decir

maza de fraga drop hammer

maza de gimnasia Indian club

2 (familiar) (persona) bore

3 (Latinoamérica) [de rueda] hub

4 (And) (Caribe) [de ingenio] drum (of a sugar mill)

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to beat; to overcome, to surpass, to overtake