baluarte

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of bulevar. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɾti Hyphenation: ba‧lu‧ar‧te === Noun === baluarte m (plural baluartes) bulwark (a defensive wall or rampart) bulwark (a defense or safeguard) (figuratively) linchpin (central cohesive source of stability and security) ==== Descendants ==== → Javanese: ꦧꦭꦸꦮꦂꦠꦶ (baluwarti)→ Indonesian: baluarti === Further reading === “baluarte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “baluarte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of boulevard. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈlwaɾte/ [baˈlwaɾ.t̪e] Rhymes: -aɾte Syllabification: ba‧luar‧te === Noun === baluarte m (plural baluartes) bastion Synonym: bastión ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “baluarte”, 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