badar

See also: bådar and báðar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin batāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [bəˈða]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈðaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [baˈða]

• Audio (Central):

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• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

badar (first-person singular present bado, first-person singular preterite badí, past participle badat)

1. (intransitive, transitive, reflexive) to open, to open up
2. (intransitive) to be careless

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of badar (first conjugation)

infinitive			badar
gerund			badant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		badat		badada
		plural		badats		badades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bado	bades	bada	badem	badeu	baden
	imperfect	badava	badaves	badava	badàvem	badàveu	badaven
	future	badaré	badaràs	badarà	badarem	badareu	badaran
	preterite	badí	badares	badà	badàrem	badàreu	badaren
	conditional	badaria	badaries	badaria	badaríem	badaríeu	badarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	badi	badis	badi	badem	badeu	badin
	imperfect	badés	badessis	badés	badéssim	badéssiu	badessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	bada	badi	badem	badeu	badin
	negative (no)	—	no badis	no badi	no badem	no badeu	no badin

Derived terms

• bocabadat
• entrebadar-se

Further reading

• “badar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “badar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “badar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “badar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Cimbrian

Conjunction

badar

1. (Sette Comuni) but

   Ich hòrre dich badar klóbedar nèt.

   I hear you but I don't believe you.

   'S main baip is khlòan badar ze bilmar an groosa böole.

   My wife is small but she loves me very much.

References

• “badar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒdɒr]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ba‧dar
• Rhymes: -ɒr

Adjective

badar (comparative badarabb, superlative legbadarabb)

1. (of speech, thought) confused, incoherent

   Synonyms: zavaros, zagyva, összefüggéstelen

2. (of a person) stupid, silly

   Synonyms: buta, ostoba, oktalan

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	badar	badarok
accusative	badart	badarokat
dative	badarnak	badaroknak
instrumental	badarral	badarokkal
causal-final	badarért	badarokért
translative	badarrá	badarokká
terminative	badarig	badarokig
essive-formal	badarként	badarokként
essive-modal	badarul	—
inessive	badarban	badarokban
superessive	badaron	badarokon
adessive	badarnál	badaroknál
illative	badarba	badarokba
sublative	badarra	badarokra
allative	badarhoz	badarokhoz
elative	badarból	badarokból
delative	badarról	badarokról
ablative	badartól	badaroktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	badaré	badaroké
non-attributive possessive – plural	badaréi	badarokéi

Derived terms

• badarság

Further reading

• badar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• badar in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbadar/ [ˈba.dar]
• Rhymes: -adar
• Syllabification: ba‧dar

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay badar, from Old Javanese wadĕr (“small freshwater fish”).

Noun

badar (plural badar-badar)

1. (zoology) Stolephorus

   Synonyms: sia, sia-sia

Alternative forms

• wadar
• wader

Noun

badar (plural badar-badar)

1. (archaic) side dish

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay badar, from Arabic بَدْر (badr, “full moon”)

Noun

badar (plural badar-badar)

1. full moon

   Synonym: purnama

2. a crystal stone

Adjective

badar (comparative lebih badar, superlative paling badar)

1. (figurative) beautiful

   Synonym: cantik

Further reading

• “badar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Swedish

Verb

badar

1. present indicative of bada