baldar
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /bəlˈda/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /balˈdaɾ/
Etymology 1
From Spanish baldar.
Verb
baldar (first-person singular present baldo, past participle baldat)
- to maim, to cripple
- (figurative) to exhaust, to wear out
Derived terms
- baldadura
Etymology 2
Related to balda (“pivot”).
Verb
baldar (first-person singular present baldo, past participle baldat)
- to sway
- Synonym: gronxar
Related terms
- balder
Conjugation
infinitive | baldar | ||||||
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present participle | baldant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | baldat | baldada | |||||
plural | baldats | baldades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | baldo | baldes | balda | baldem | baldeu | balden | |
imperfect | baldava | baldaves | baldava | baldàvem | baldàveu | baldaven | |
future | baldaré | baldaràs | baldarà | baldarem | baldareu | baldaran | |
preterite | baldí | baldares | baldà | baldàrem | baldàreu | baldaren | |
conditional | baldaria | baldaries | baldaria | baldaríem | baldaríeu | baldarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | baldi | baldis | baldi | baldem | baldeu | baldin | |
imperfect | baldés | baldessis | baldés | baldéssim | baldéssiu | baldessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | balda | baldi | baldem | baldeu | baldin |
Further reading
- “baldar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “baldar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “baldar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “baldar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil, “invalid; null; futile”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bawˈda(ʁ)/ [baʊ̯ˈda(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /bawˈda(ɾ)/ [baʊ̯ˈda(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /bawˈda(ʁ)/ [baʊ̯ˈda(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bawˈda(ɻ)/ [baʊ̯ˈda(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /balˈdaɾ/ [baɫˈdaɾ]
- Hyphenation: bal‧dar
Verb
baldar (first-person singular present baldo, first-person singular preterite baldei, past participle baldado)
- (Brazil) to make useless; to cause to fail
- O acidente baldou nossa tentativa.
- The accident made our attempt fail.
- (Portugal, slang) to skive
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | baldar | |||||
Personal | baldar | baldares | baldar | baldarmos | baldardes | baldarem |
Gerund | ||||||
baldando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | baldado | baldados | ||||
Feminine | baldada | baldadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | baldo | baldas | balda | baldamos | baldais | baldam |
Imperfect | baldava | baldavas | baldava | baldávamos | baldáveis | baldavam |
Preterite | baldei | baldaste | baldou | baldamos1, baldámos2 | baldastes | baldaram |
Pluperfect | baldara | baldaras | baldara | baldáramos | baldáreis | baldaram |
Future | baldarei | baldarás | baldará | baldaremos | baldareis | baldarão |
Conditional | ||||||
baldaria | baldarias | baldaria | baldaríamos | baldaríeis | baldariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | balde | baldes | balde | baldemos | baldeis | baldem |
Imperfect | baldasse | baldasses | baldasse | baldássemos | baldásseis | baldassem |
Future | baldar | baldares | baldar | baldarmos | baldardes | baldarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | balda | balde | baldemos | baldai | baldem | |
Negative (não) | não baldes | não balde | não baldemos | não baldeis | não baldem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Synonyms
- frustrar
Related terms
- baldado
Spanish
Etymology
From balde (“in vain”) + -ar, from Andalusian Arabic بَاطِل (báṭil), ultimately from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil, “invalid, null, futile”).
Verb
baldar (first-person singular present baldo, first-person singular preterite baldé, past participle baldado)
- to cripple
- Synonym: lisiar
Conjugation
infinitive | baldar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | baldando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | baldado | baldada | |||||
plural | baldados | baldadas | |||||
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 | baldo | baldastú baldásvos | balda | baldamos | baldáis | baldan | |
imperfect | baldaba | baldabas | baldaba | baldábamos | baldabais | baldaban | |
preterite | baldé | baldaste | baldó | baldamos | baldasteis | baldaron | |
future | baldaré | baldarás | baldará | baldaremos | baldaréis | baldarán | |
conditional | baldaría | baldarías | baldaría | baldaríamos | baldaríais | baldarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | balde | baldestú baldésvos2 | balde | baldemos | baldéis | balden | |
imperfect (ra) | baldara | baldaras | baldara | baldáramos | baldarais | baldaran | |
imperfect (se) | baldase | baldases | baldase | baldásemos | baldaseis | baldasen | |
future1 | baldare | baldares | baldare | baldáremos | baldareis | baldaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | baldatú baldávos | balde | baldemos | baldad | balden | ||
negative | no baldes | no balde | no baldemos | no baldéis | no balden |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- balde
Further reading
- “baldar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014