baluarte
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of bulevar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.luˈaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ba.lʊˈah.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlwaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [baˈlwah.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ba.luˈaɾ.t͡ʃi/ [ba.lʊˈaɾ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlwaɾ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ba.luˈaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ba.lʊˈaχ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlwaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [baˈlwaχ.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.luˈaɻ.te/ [ba.lʊˈaɻ.te], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlwaɻ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈlwaɾ.tɨ/
- Rhymes: -aɾti
- Hyphenation: ba‧lu‧ar‧te
Noun
baluarte m (plural baluartes)
- bulwark (a defensive wall or rampart)
- bulwark (a defense or safeguard)
- (figuratively) linchpin (central cohesive source of stability and security)
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of boulevard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈlwaɾte/ [baˈlwaɾ.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -aɾte
- Syllabification: ba‧luar‧te
Noun
baluarte m (plural baluartes)
- bastion
- Synonym: bastión
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- La mejor arma es la oración y el más terrible baluarte las virtudes y el buen ejemplo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
Further reading
- “baluarte”, 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