emplasto

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈplas.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈplas.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈplas.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈplas.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈplaʃ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈplaʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈplas.to/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈplas.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈplaʃ.tu/

• Hyphenation: em‧plas‧to

Noun

emplasto m (plural emplastos)

1. alternative form of emplastro

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From earlier emplastro, from Latin emplastrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈplasto/ [ẽmˈplas.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -asto
• Syllabification: em‧plas‧to

Noun

emplasto m (plural emplastos)

1. (medicine) poultice, dressing

Descendants

• → Tagalog: emplasto

Further reading

• “emplasto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• implasto

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish emplasto, from earlier emplastro, from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “daub; salve”). Possible doublet of impalasto.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔemˈplasto/ [ʔɛmˈplas.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -asto
• Syllabification: em‧plas‧to

Noun

emplasto (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. plaster; poultice

   Synonyms: tapal, panapal, patse

Related terms

• plasta
• plastado
• plastik
• plastiko
• plastisidad

See also

• koyo
• ungguwento

Further reading

• “emplasto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 234