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Portuguese
Verb
balaste
- second-person singular preterite indicative of balar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈlaste/
- Rhymes: -aste
- Syllabification: ba‧las‧te
Etymology 1
From balasto.
Noun
balaste m (plural balastes)
- (Honduras, El Salvador) Alternative form of balasto (ballast)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
balaste
- second-person singular preterite indicative of balar
Further reading
- “balaste” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010