baluarte
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
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- Rhymes: -aɾti
- Hyphenation: ba‧lu‧ar‧te
Noun
[edit]baluarte m (plural baluartes)
- bulwark (a defensive wall or rampart)
- bulwark (a defense or safeguard)
- (figuratively) linchpin (central cohesive source of stability and security)
Descendants
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]baluarte m (plural baluartes)
- 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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “baluarte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- pt:Walls and fences
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