altavoz

Spanish

Etymology

From alta (“high”) +‎ voz (“voice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /altaˈboθ/ [al̪.t̪aˈβ̞oθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /altaˈbos/ [al̪.t̪aˈβ̞os]

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• Rhymes: -oθ
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: al‧ta‧voz

Noun

altavoz m (plural altavoces)

1. loudspeaker, speaker (an electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound)

   Synonyms: (Latin America) parlante, (Latin America) altoparlante

2. loudspeaker, speaker enclosure, speaker cabinet (an encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver)
3. speakerphone, speaker (a loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, to use handsfree)

   Antonym: auricular

Further reading

• “altavoz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10