aplauso
/aˈplauso/ · B1 · noun · m
applause
👏 aplauso sounds like applause; both come from Latin applaudere, to clap at
Latin ad (to, at) + plaudere (to clap) gave applaudere. Spanish dropped the double p and kept the sound: a-PLAU-so. Its verb is aplaudir, to clap. It's masculine: el aplauso, and los aplausos for a round of applause.