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)

1. bollard (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area)

   Synonym: pivote

2. (nautical) bollard

Further reading

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