antibalas

Galician

Etymology

From anti- +‎ balas (“bullets”).

Adjective

antibalas (invariable)

1. bulletproof

Derived terms

• chaleco antibalas

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• antibala

Etymology

From anti- +‎ balas (“bullets”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈba.lɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈba.lɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈba.lɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈba.las/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.tiˈba.lɐʃ/ [ˌɐ̃.tiˈβa.lɐʃ]

Adjective

antibalas (invariable, not comparable)

1. bulletproof

Spanish

Alternative forms

• antibala

Etymology

From anti- +‎ balas (“bullets”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antiˈbalas/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈβ̞a.las]
• Rhymes: -alas
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧ba‧las

Adjective

antibalas (invariable)

1. bulletproof

Derived terms

• chaleco antibalas

Further reading

• “antibalas”, 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