English-Spanish translations for truncheon

porraSe emplearon porras y cañones de agua; no se utilizaron armas de fuego. Truncheons and water cannons were used; firearms were not. Las porras, los gases lacrimógenos y la violencia no resuelven los problemas. Problems are not solved by truncheons, tear gas and brute force. Pero es lamentable que las consignas y las porras oculten las verdaderas alternativas. It is, though, an unfortunate fact that the slogans and truncheons conceal the real alternatives.

A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance
The shaft of a spear
A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer
A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth
A penis
To strike with a truncheon

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