balaustrada

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.lawsˈtɾa.dɐ/ [ba.laʊ̯sˈtɾa.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.lawsˈtɾa.dɐ/ [ba.laʊ̯sˈtɾa.dɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ba.lawʃˈtɾa.dɐ/ [ba.laʊ̯ʃˈtɾa.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.lawsˈtɾa.da/ [ba.laʊ̯sˈtɾa.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.lawʃˈtɾa.dɐ/ [bɐ.lawʃˈtɾa.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧us‧tra‧da

Noun

balaustrada f (plural balaustradas)

1. (architecture) balustrade (row of balusters)

Further reading

• “balaustrada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “balaustrada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “balaustrada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From balaustre +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balausˈtɾada/ [ba.lau̯sˈt̪ɾa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧laus‧tra‧da

Noun

balaustrada f (plural balaustradas)

1. (architecture) balustrade (row of balusters)

Further reading

• “balaustrado”, 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