alto
Meaning
-
- tall
- high
- loud
- upper, top
- senior (rank)
Concepts
high
tall
alto
lofty
loud
stop
upper
long
height
up
above
big
smart
viola
hill
standstill
halt
higher
elevated
superior
north
large
eminent
bank
see en alto
see en lo alto
see en lo alto de
tail
floor
aloud
stage
stand
storey
story
top
upward
upper part
high up
grand
great
important
very big
adjoining
neighbouring
place
spot
layover
incline
heap
upper floor
break
rest
in heat
impressive
altitudinous
soaring
towering
forte
contralto
cease-fire
ceasefire
cease fire
highly
huge
willowy
amount
high place
Frequency
Hyphenated as
al‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈalto/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin altus, ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin. The form alto represents a pronunciation influenced by the most learned layers of the language, and is not the normal phonetic result expected in a naturally inherited word. Cf. the now archaic form oto, which was used more often in Old Spanish and is the form of the word that was completely popularly inherited, preserved in some toponyms/placenames, and its derivative otear and the rare or regional otar. Compare also archaic Galician outo (versus the standard alto today). See also the related Spanish otero (and Portuguese outeiro).
Cognate with Galician
outo
Cognate with Spanish
otero
Cognate with Portuguese
outeiro
Borrowed from German
halt
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