Polyglot Dictionary

baluarte

/baˈlwaɾtʃi/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os baluartes

Meaning

  1. bulwark

    • O baluarte resistiu.

      The bulwark held.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

quebra-mar

Close — both are protective coastal/defensive structures, a breakwater and a bulwark.

Similar in other languages

German

Bollwerk

Bollwerk is the German word for the same thing — both mean "bulwark."

Practice

1 What does baluarte mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ resistiu.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches baluarte?

noun

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