noun, masculine/latiˈɡiʝo/plural: latiguillos
small tube, connection pipe; small cable, patch cable, patch cord, patch lead; small whip; stock phrase; catchphrase
“En estas postrimerías del milenio, la máxima se ha convertido en latiguillo; y, para los feligreses del pujolismo, en dogma.” — At the end of the millennium, the maxim has become a cliché; and, for the parishioners of Pujolism, into dogma.
Etymology tree Spanish látigo Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old Spanish -iello Spanish -illo Spanish latiguillo From látigo (“whip”) + -illo.