baúl

See also: baul and baül

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bahut. Compare Catalan baül.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈul/ [baˈul]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: ba‧úl

Noun

baúl m (plural baúles)

1. chest, trunk, footlocker, steamer trunk

   Synonyms: cofre, arca

2. (Rioplatense, Colombia, Caribbean, Venezuela, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, Paraguay) trunk (US), boot (UK, Australia) (of a car)

   Synonym: maletero

Usage notes

• See cofre.

Derived terms

• baúl de los recuerdos
• baúl mundo

Further reading

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