asfalto

See also: asfaltó and asfaltò

Esperanto

Etymology

From Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [asˈfalto]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alto
• Hyphenation: as‧fal‧to

Noun

asfalto (uncountable, accusative asfalton)

1. asphalt

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈfalto/ [as̺ˈfɑl̪.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -alto
• Hyphenation: as‧fal‧to

Etymology 1

From Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”).

Noun

asfalto m (plural asfaltos)

1. asphalt

Derived terms

• asfaltar
• asfáltico

Further reading

• “asfalto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Etymology 2

Verb

asfalto

1. first-person singular present indicative of asfaltar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English asphalt, French asphalte, German Asphalt, Italian asfalto, Russian асфа́льт (asfálʹt), Spanish asfalto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈfalto/

Noun

asfalto (plural asfalti)

1. asphalt, asphaltum

Derived terms

• asfaltizar (“to asphalt”)

Italian

Etymology 1

From Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsfal.to/
• Rhymes: -alto
• Hyphenation: a‧sfàl‧to

Noun

asfalto m (plural asfalti)

1. asphalt, bitumen

Derived terms

• asfaltare
• asfaltico
• asfaltista

Etymology 2

Verb

asfalto

1. first-person singular present indicative of asfaltare

Further reading

• asfalto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• falsato, solfata

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈfaw.tu/ [asˈfaʊ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈfaw.tu/ [asˈfaʊ̯.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʃˈfaw.tu/ [aʃˈfaʊ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈfaw.to/ [asˈfaʊ̯.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃˈfal.tu/ [ɐʃˈfaɫ.tu]

• Audio (São Paulo):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -altu, (Brazil) -awtu
• Hyphenation: as‧fal‧to

Etymology 1

From Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”).

Noun

asfalto m (plural asfaltos)

1. asphalt (asphalt concrete)
2. (Brazil) the developed part of a metropolitan city, as opposed to the (unasphalted) favelas

Derived terms

• asfaltar

Etymology 2

Verb

asfalto

1. first-person singular present indicative of asfaltar

Further reading

• “asfalto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “asfalto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈfalto/ [asˈfal̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -alto
• Syllabification: as‧fal‧to

Etymology 1

From Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”).

Noun

asfalto m (plural asfaltos)

1. asphalt

Derived terms

• asfaltar
• asfaltero
• asfáltico

 

Etymology 2

Verb

asfalto

1. first-person singular present indicative of asfaltar

Further reading

• “asfalto”, 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