emplasto

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈplas.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈplas.tu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈplaʃ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈplaʃ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈplas.to/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈplas.to/

  • Hyphenation: em‧plas‧to

Noun

emplasto m (plural emplastos)

  1. alternative form of emplastro

Spanish

Etymology

From earlier Spanish emplastro, from Latin emplastrum.

Noun

emplasto m (plural emplastos)

  1. (medicine) poultice, dressing

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish emplasto, from earlier emplastro, from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, daub; salve). Possible doublet of impalasto.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔemˈplasto/ [ʔɛmˈplas.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -asto
  • Syllabification: em‧plas‧to

Noun

emplasto (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. plaster; poultice
    Synonyms: tapal, panapal

See also

Further reading

  • emplasto”, 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 234