balda

See also: baldá

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbal.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbal.da]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الضَّبّة (aḍ-ḍábba, “latch”), from Arabic ال (al-, “definite article”) +‎ ضَبّة (ḍabba, “mounting on a door”, literally “she-lizard”). Displaced Latin pessulus, which would have yielded *péssol.

Noun

balda f (plural baldes)

1. bolt (door fastener)
2. doorknocker

   Synonym: picaporta

Derived terms

• baldada
• baldell
• baldó

Related terms

• baldufa

Descendants

• → Spanish: balda

Etymology 2

Verb

balda

1. inflection of baldar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “balda”, 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
• “balda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “balda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish baldar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bal‧da
• IPA^(key): /balˈda/ [bɐl̪ˈd̪a]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbalda/ [ˈbal̪.d̪ɐ]

Verb

baldá

1. to cripple; to maim; to disable
2. to disturb

Related terms

• baldado

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish baldar (“to cripple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balˈda/, [bal̪ˈd̪a]
• Hyphenation: bal‧da

Verb

baldá

1. to sprain

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil, “invalid; null; futile”). Compare Portuguese baldar and Spanish baldar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalda/ [ˈbɑl̪.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -alda
• Hyphenation: bal‧da

Noun

balda f (plural baldas)

1. bagatelle, trifle
2. flaw, defect

Related terms

• baldar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “balda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “balda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “balda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “balda”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “balda”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto baldaŭ, from German bald.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalda/

Adjective

balda

1. soon to happen, impending, imminent

   La balda futuro. ― The imminent future.

Derived terms

• balde (“soon, shortly”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.da/
• Rhymes: -alda
• Hyphenation: bàl‧da

Adjective

balda

1. feminine singular of baldo

Maranao

Adjective

balda

1. physically disabled or defective

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw.dɐ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw.dɐ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw.da/ [ˈbaʊ̯.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.dɐ/ [ˈbaɫ.dɐ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -aldɐ, (Brazil) -awdɐ
• Hyphenation: bal‧da

Verb

balda

1. inflection of baldar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalda/ [ˈbal̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -alda
• Syllabification: bal‧da

Etymology 1

Of unknown origin.

Noun

balda f (plural baldas)

1. shelf (flat structure fixed to a wall)

   Synonyms: anaquel, estante, repisa

Etymology 2

From Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (báṭ[i]la), itself from Arabic بَاطِلَة (bāṭila, “vain, useless”).

Noun

balda f (plural baldas)

1. (obsolete) a cheap and worthless thing; a trinket, trifle

Derived terms

• baldío

Etymology 3

Verb

balda

1. inflection of baldar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “balda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish baldar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balˈda/ [bɐlˈd̪a], /ˈbalda/ [ˈbal.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -a, -alda
• Syllabification: bal‧da

Noun

baldá or balda (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜇ)

1. crippleness; lameness

   Synonyms: paglumpo, pagkalumpo

2. omission

   Synonyms: palya, pagpalya

3. absence; non-attendance

   Synonyms: liban, pagliban

Derived terms

• baldahin
• mabalda
• magbalda

Related terms

• baldado

Turkmen

Noun

balda

1. locative singular of bal