alabanza
Spanish
Alternative forms
- alabancia (obsolete or dialectal)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alaˈbanθa/ [a.laˈβ̞ãn̟.θa] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /alaˈbansa/ [a.laˈβ̞ãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθa (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: a‧la‧ban‧za
Noun
alabanza f (plural alabanzas)
- praise
- Synonyms: halago, elogio, loa, enaltecimiento
Further reading
- “alabanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024