badava

badava

Catalan

Verb

badava

1. first-person singular imperfect indicative form of badar
2. third-person singular imperfect indicative form of badar

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Italian

Verb

badava

1. third-person singular imperfect of badare

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Paumarí

Noun

badava m

1. the son of a woman's sister
2. the son of a man's brother

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بداوا‎ (bedâva) (Turkish bedava), from Persian باد هوا‎ (bâd-e havâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /badǎʋa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧da‧va

Adverb

badàva (Cyrillic spelling бада̀ва)

1. free, gratis
2. very inexpensive
3. in vain
4. (as an intensifier) indeed, really

References

• “badava” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Synonyms

• džaba
• (for free) besplatno
• (in vain) uzalud