bachillerato
Spanish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus; a compound from bacca (“berry”) and laurea (“laurel”), due to the laurel crown given to the graduates.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /bat͡ʃiʝeˈɾato/ [ba.t͡ʃi.ʝeˈɾa.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /bat͡ʃiʎeˈɾato/ [ba.t͡ʃi.ʎeˈɾa.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bat͡ʃiʃeˈɾato/ [ba.t͡ʃi.ʃeˈɾa.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bat͡ʃiʒeˈɾato/ [ba.t͡ʃi.ʒeˈɾa.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: ba‧chi‧lle‧ra‧to
Noun
bachillerato m (plural bachilleratos)
- graduation certificate (degree from high school)
- Synonym: bachiller
- Short for bachillerato universitario (bachelor’s degree)
Further reading
- “bachillerato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014