balastro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlas.tɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlas.tɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baˈlaʃ.tɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlas.tɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlaʃ.tɾu/

• Hyphenation: ba‧las‧tro

Noun

balastro m (plural balastros)

1. ballast (material laid to form a bed for a road)

Spanish

Etymology

Epenthetic form of balasto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlastɾo/ [baˈlas.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -astɾo
• Syllabification: ba‧las‧tro

Noun

balastro m (plural balastros)

1. (Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia) Alternative form of balasto (ballast)

Further reading

• “balastro”, 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
• “balastro”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010