balasto

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Etymology

Borrowed from English ballast, French ballast, German Ballast, Spanish balasto, Russian балла́ст (ballást).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):
Rhymes: -asto
Hyphenation: ba‧las‧to

Noun

balasto (uncountable, accusative balaston)

(nautical, etc.) ballast

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English ballast, French ballast, German Ballast, Russian балла́ст (ballást) and Spanish balasto.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈlasto/

Noun

balasto (plural balasti)

(nautical, etc.) ballast

Derived terms

balasteyo (“ballast space”)
balastizar (“to ballast”)
senbalastigar (“to unballast”)
desbalastizar (“to unballast”)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ballast.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈlasto/
Rhymes: -asto
Syllabification: ba‧las‧to

Noun

balasto m (plural balastos)

ballast

Further reading

“balasto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balasto, from English ballast.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈlasto/,
Hyphenation: ba‧las‧to

Noun

balasto (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ballast
Synonyms: pataw, tulakbahala

See also

Further reading

“balasto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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