balastro

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlas.tɾu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baˈlaʃ.tɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlas.tɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlaʃ.tɾu/

Hyphenation: ba‧las‧tro

Noun

balastro m (plural balastros)

ballast (material laid to form a bed for a road)

Spanish

Etymology

Epenthetic form of balasto.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈlastɾo/
Rhymes: -astɾo
Syllabification: ba‧las‧tro

Noun

balastro m (plural balastros)

(Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia) Alternative form of balasto (ballast)

Further reading

“balastro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
“balastro” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010

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