Polyglot Dictionary

alabanza

/alaˈβansa/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las alabanzas

Meaning

  1. praise

    • Recibió muchas alabanzas.

      He received a lot of praise.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

elogio

elogio is the more common word for "praise, compliment"; alabanza is more formal or literary, often with a reverential tone, as in religious or ceremonial praise.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

louvor

louvor is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "praise."

Practice

1 What does alabanza mean?

2 Fill the gap: Recibió muchas ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches alabanza?

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