altavoz

== Spanish == === Etymology === From alta (“high”) +‎ voz (“voice”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /altaˈboθ/ [al̪.t̪aˈβ̞oθ] (Spain) IPA(key): /altaˈbos/ [al̪.t̪aˈβ̞os] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -oθ (Spain) Rhymes: -os (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: al‧ta‧voz === Noun === altavoz m (plural altavoces) loudspeaker, speaker (an electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound) Synonyms: (Latin America) parlante, (Latin America) altoparlante loudspeaker, speaker enclosure, speaker cabinet (an encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver) speakerphone, speaker (a loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, to use handsfree) Antonym: auricular === Further reading === “altavoz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025