baluarte
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom 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
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- Rhymes: -aɾti
- Hyphenation: ba‧lu‧ar‧te
Noun
editbaluarte m (plural baluartes)
- bulwark (a defensive wall or rampart)
- bulwark (a defense or safeguard)
- (figuratively) linchpin (central cohesive source of stability and security)
Descendants
editSpanish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editbaluarte 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
editFurther reading
edit- “baluarte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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- pt:Walls and fences
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