bulto

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bulto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulto/ [ˈbul̪.t̪o]
• Hyphenation: bul‧to

Adjective

búlto (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. in bulk

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bulto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulto/ [ˈbul̪.to]
• Hyphenation: bul‧to

Noun

búlto (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. bale
2. statue

   Synonym: estatuwa

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bulto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulto/ [ˈbul.to]
• Hyphenation: bul‧to

Noun

búlto

1. luggage, trunk or box
2. a carved statue

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vultus (“face”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulto/ [ˈbul̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Syllabification: bul‧to

Noun

bulto m (plural bultos)

1. bulge

   Synonym: abultamiento

2. lump, volume or an indeterminate object
3. piece of luggage
4. bust or statue, not reduced to relief or bas-relief sculpture

Derived terms

• a bulto
• abultar
• bulto redondo
• de bulto
• escurrir el bulto
• guardar bulto
• hacer bulto
• ir al bulto

Descendants

• → Cebuano: bulto
• → Central Bikol: bulto
• → Hiligaynon: bulto
• → Tagalog: bulto

Further reading

• “bulto”, 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

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *wél-tu-s ~ *wl̥-téw-s

Proto-Italic *woltus

Latin voltus

Latin vultus

Spanish bultobor.

Tagalog bulto

Borrowed from Spanish bulto, from Latin vultus (“face”), from earlier voltus, from Proto-Italic *woltus, from Proto-Indo-European *wél-tu-s ~ *wl̥-téw-s, from *wel-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbulto/ [ˈbul.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Syllabification: bul‧to

Noun

bulto (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. volume or measure of something wrapped
2. pack, piece of luggage or anything carried

   Synonym: pakete

Derived terms

• bultuhan

Related terms

• rebulto

Anagrams

• lubot