palotada

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palotada [pah-lo-tah’-dah]
noun
1Stroke with a battledoor. (f)
  • No dar palotada -> not to have hit on the right thing in all that is said or done; not to have begun a line or title of what was undertaken or ordered; not to answer anything to the purpose

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palotada (anticuado)
sustantivo:femenino
no dar palotada (no trabajar) not to do a stroke of work; (no hacer nada) to do nothing; (hacerlo mal) to get nothing right

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