alboroto

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See also: alborotó

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alboˈɾoto/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification: al‧bo‧ro‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from alborotar.

Noun

alboroto m (plural alborotos)

  1. fuss, commotion, ruckus, hubbub, brouhaha, ado, uproar, tumult, riot, bustle, din, rumpus, fracas, rowdiness
    • 1870, Vicente Fidel López, La novia del hereje o la Inquisición de Lima:
      Óyese de repente un terrible alboroto de gritos desesperados y alarmantes en la plaza. El tumulto se hacía por momentos más grueso y aterrante; y entre las voces que el estruendo de la multitud dejaba percibir, se dejaban de cuando en cuando oír estas palabras: -¡Un chasqui! -¡Arequipa! -¡Los Herejes! -¡Francisco! y se veía un agitado pelotón de hombres blancos y negros, y niños que empujándose en masa unos a otros rodaban por la plaza hacia la casa o palacio del Virrey.
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    • 2016 November 1, “Unas setenta personas se amotinan en el CIE de la Zona Franca”, in El Periódico:
      A las 22:30 horas, desde el exterior no se percibía ningún tipo de alboroto, aunque sí se han visto tres furgonetas de antidisturbios -con agentes vestidos con uniforme antitrauma y escudos- acceder al interior del recinto.
      At 10.30 pm., no sign of commotion was perceived from the outside, although anti-riot vans have been seen - with agents in safety uniform and shields - accessing the interior of the precinct.
  2. disturbance, racket, mayhem
  3. rampage
  4. hoopla, ballyhoo
  5. bedlam
  6. (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Northern Colombia, chiefly in the plural in Costa Rica) A snack food which consistis of a ball of popcorn or sorghum, coated in sugar, honey or caramel

Etymology 2

Verb

alboroto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of alborotar

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alboroto.

Pronunciation

Noun

alboroto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜓᜇᜓᜆᜓ)

  1. disturbance; trouble; tumult
    Synonyms: gulo, basag-ulo, ligalig
  2. tantrum; restless agitation; restless fuss (especially of babies)
  3. baby or child given to such tantrums or restless fuss

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • alboroto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018