altavoz
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From alta (“high”) + voz (“voice”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /altaˈboθ/ [al̪.t̪aˈβ̞oθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /altaˈbos/ [al̪.t̪aˈβ̞os]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -oθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -os
- Syllabification: al‧ta‧voz
Noun edit
altavoz m (plural altavoces)
- loudspeaker, speaker (an electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound)
- Synonyms: (Latin America) parlante, (Latin America) altoparlante
- loudspeaker, speaker enclosure, speaker cabinet (an encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver)
- speakerphone, speaker (a loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, to use handsfree)
- Antonym: auricular
Further reading edit
- “altavoz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014