mazo
Meanings
Noun
1. hammer (tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)
2. mallet (type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head)
3. gavel (wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, committee chairman, or auctioneer)
4. pestle (club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar)
5. deck (pack or set of playing cards) (card games)
6. handful, bunch (group or number of things)
Examples5
El mazo consta de 48 cartas.
The deck consists of 48 cards.
La jueza dio por concluida la sesión con un golpe de mazo.
The judge closed the session with a strike from her gavel.
Pon el mazo de cartas sobre la mesa de roble.
Place the deck of cards on the oaken table.
Finalmente, el juez dio por concluida la sesión con un golpe de su mazo.
Finally, the judge closed the session with a strike from his gavel.
Colecciona mazos de cartas de todo tipo.
He collects decks of cards of all types.