meaning of "una suerte de mastil inclinado"?

Question

what is the meaning of "una suerte de mástil inclinado"? This sentence appears in a story about an ant having a hard life when trying to deal with "un palito acaso tres veces más grande que ella misma"

Good question. Unfortunately, I don't know the answer. - webdunce, DIC 25, 2009

Answer 1

The word "suerte" can be translated as "type", so in this sentence can be translated as "a type of leaning pole". I hope that makes sense for you.

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that makes it make even more sense - nizhoni1, DIC 25, 2009

thanks a lot. - rachel-apel, DIC 26, 2009

Answer 2

OK, I scanned the story the webdunce supplied. Most of the story is about this ant trying to get around this melting popsicle and catch up with the other ants. It looks like he was able to advance some distance by the luck of finding an inclining support to walk on.

One definition of "mástil" in our dictionary is "support".

It can be more difficult than one would first imagine to get around a melting popsicle. - webdunce, DIC 25, 2009

It is difficult, and we are all ants aren't we? - rachel-apel, DIC 26, 2009

Answer 3

I don't know the answer, but here's the complete story.

You must have known it was Mario Benedetti. A shaky story. - rachel-apel, DIC 26, 2009