balar
See also: bålar and bałar
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- balir
Etymology
From Latin bālāre.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈla(ʁ)/ [baˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /baˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /baˈla(ʁ)/ [baˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈla(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈlaɾ/
- Hyphenation: ba‧lar
Verb
balar (first-person singular present balo, first-person singular preterite balei, past participle balado)
- to baa; to bleat (of sheep: to make its characteristic cry)
Conjugation
Conjugation of balar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | balar | |||||
Personal | balar | balares | balar | balarmos | balardes | balarem |
Gerund | ||||||
balando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | balado | balados | ||||
Feminine | balada | baladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | balo | balas | bala | balamos | balais | balam |
Imperfect | balava | balavas | balava | balávamos | baláveis | balavam |
Preterite | balei | balaste | balou | balamos1, balámos2 | balastes | balaram |
Pluperfect | balara | balaras | balara | baláramos | baláreis | balaram |
Future | balarei | balarás | balará | balaremos | balareis | balarão |
Conditional | ||||||
balaria | balarias | balaria | balaríamos | balaríeis | balariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | bale | bales | bale | balemos | baleis | balem |
Imperfect | balasse | balasses | balasse | balássemos | balásseis | balassem |
Future | balar | balares | balar | balarmos | balardes | balarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | bala | bale | balemos | balai | balem | |
Negative (não) | não bales | não bale | não balemos | não baleis | não balem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
References
- “balar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “balar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin bālāre, present active infinitive of bālō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈlaɾ/ [baˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ba‧lar
Verb
balar (first-person singular present balo, first-person singular preterite balé, past participle balado)
- (intransitive) to bleat
Conjugation
Conjugation of balar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | balar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | balando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | balado | balada | |||||
plural | balados | baladas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | balo | balastú balásvos | bala | balamos | baláis | balan | |
imperfect | balaba | balabas | balaba | balábamos | balabais | balaban | |
preterite | balé | balaste | baló | balamos | balasteis | balaron | |
future | balaré | balarás | balará | balaremos | balaréis | balarán | |
conditional | balaría | balarías | balaría | balaríamos | balaríais | balarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | bale | balestú balésvos2 | bale | balemos | baléis | balen | |
imperfect (ra) | balara | balaras | balara | baláramos | balarais | balaran | |
imperfect (se) | balase | balases | balase | balásemos | balaseis | balasen | |
future1 | balare | balares | balare | baláremos | balareis | balaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | balatú balávos | bale | balemos | balad | balen | ||
negative | no bales | no bale | no balemos | no baléis | no balen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- balido
Further reading
- “balar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
balar
- indefinite plural of bal.