balasto
Spanish, noun/baˈlasto/
balasto is spelled B-A-L-A-S-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 99,300th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balasto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ballast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Capa de grava sobre la cual se asientan las traviesas de la vía férrea, usándose como un colchón para…”.
What does balasto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineballast
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Capa de grava sobre la cual se asientan las traviesas de la vía férrea, usándose como un colchón para amortiguar el tránsito de los trenes y permitir el drenaje de las lluvias.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of balasto
- balastos plural
- balastro alternative regional
- balaste alternative regional
- balastre alternative regional
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balasto?
- /baˈlasto/
- [baˈlas.t̪o]
- [baˈlast̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to balasto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balasto in Spanish?
balasto appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).