bolardo

Spanish

Concrete bollards segregating a pedestrian area from a roadway

Two bollards (ship mooring posts)

Etymology

Borrowed from English bollard.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /boˈlaɾdo/ [boˈlaɾ.ð̞o]
Rhymes: -aɾdo
Syllabification: bo‧lar‧do

Noun

bolardo m (plural bolardos)

bollard (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area)
Synonym: pivote
(nautical) bollard

Further reading

“bolardo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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