baluarte
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- Rhymes: -aɾti
- Hyphenation: ba‧lu‧ar‧te
Noun edit
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 edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Further reading edit
- “baluarte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014