altabos

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish altavoz.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaltaˈbos/ [ʔɐl.tɐˈbos]
  • Rhymes: -os
  • Syllabification: al‧ta‧bos

Noun

altabós (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜆᜊᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. loudspeaker
    Synonyms: palakas-tinig, ispiker, lawd-ispiker, (neologism) daktinig

Further reading
  • “altabos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 27
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