alabanza

Spanish

Alternative forms

• alabancia (obsolete or dialectal)

Etymology

From alabar +‎ -anza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alaˈbanθa/ [a.laˈβ̞ãn̟.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alaˈbansa/ [a.laˈβ̞ãn.sa]
• Rhymes: -anθa
• Rhymes: -ansa
• Syllabification: a‧la‧ban‧za

Noun

alabanza f (plural alabanzas)

1. praise

   Synonyms: halago, elogio, loa, enaltecimiento

Further reading

• “alabanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28