balastro
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (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)
- ballast (material laid to form a bed for a road)
Further reading
- “balastro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “balastro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Epenthetic form of balasto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈlastɾo/ [baˈlas.t̪ɾo]
- Rhymes: -astɾo
- Syllabification: ba‧las‧tro
Noun
balastro m (plural balastros)
Further reading
- “balastro”, 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
- “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