bastón de mando

Spanish

Noun

bastón de mando m (plural bastones de mando)

staff of power; baton (a symbolic staff held by a person in authority, especially by the mayor in Spanish towns)
(figurative) baton, balance of power

Further reading

“bastón de mando”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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