baluarte

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of bulevar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.luˈaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ba.lʊˈah.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlwaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [baˈlwah.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.luˈaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ba.lʊˈah.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlwaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [baˈlwah.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ba.luˈaɾ.t͡ʃi/ [ba.lʊˈaɾ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlwaɾ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ba.luˈaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ba.lʊˈaχ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlwaʁ.t͡ʃi/ [baˈlwaχ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.luˈaɻ.te/ [ba.lʊˈaɻ.te], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlwaɻ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlwaɾ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -aɾti
• Hyphenation: ba‧lu‧ar‧te

Noun

baluarte m (plural baluartes)

1. bulwark (a defensive wall or rampart)
2. bulwark (a defense or safeguard)
3. (figuratively) linchpin (central cohesive source of stability and security)

Descendants

• → Javanese: ꦧꦭꦸꦮꦂꦠꦶ (baluwarti)
  • → Indonesian: baluarti

Further reading

• “baluarte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “baluarte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of boulevard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlwaɾte/ [baˈlwaɾ.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -aɾte
• Syllabification: ba‧luar‧te

Noun

baluarte m (plural baluartes)

1. bastion

   Synonym: bastión

   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     La mejor arma es la oración y el más terrible baluarte las virtudes y el buen ejemplo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• abaluartar

Further reading

• “baluarte”, 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