altavoz

Spanish

Etymology

alta (“high”) +‎ voz (“voice”)

Noun

altavoz m (plural altavoces)

loudspeaker, speaker (an electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound)
Synonyms: parlante (Latin America), altoparlante (Latin America)
loudspeaker, speaker enclosure, speaker cabinet (an encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver)
speakerphone, speaker (a loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, to use handsfree)
Antonym: auricular

Further reading

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

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