balear
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin Baleares (“Balearic Islands”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /bə.leˈa/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bə.leˈar/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ba.leˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Adjective
balear (feminine baleara, masculine plural balears, feminine plural baleares)
- Balearic (pertaining to the Balearic Islands, the people thereof, or the Catalan dialects spoken there)
Noun
balear m or f (plural balears)
- Balearic (a person from the Balearic Islands)
Related terms
- Illes Balears (“Balearic Islands”)
Noun
balear m (uncountable)
- Balearic (the dialect of Catalan spoken in the Balearic Islands)
Hypernyms
- català (“Catalan”)
Hyponyms
- eivissenc (“Eivissan, Ibizan”)
- mallorquí (“Mallorcan”)
- menorquí (“Menorcan”)
Portuguese
Adjective
balear m or f (plural baleares)
- Balearic
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.leˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.leˈa(h)], /ba.liˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlja(ʁ)/ [baˈlja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ba.leˈa(ɾ)/, /ba.liˈa(ɾ)/ [ba.lɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ba.leˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.leˈa(χ)], /ba.liˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.lɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlja(ʁ)/ [baˈlja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.leˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈljaɾ/
Verb
balear (first-person singular present baleio, first-person singular preterite baleei, past participle baleado)
- to shoot
Conjugation
Conjugation of balear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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 | balear | |||||
| Personal | balear | baleares | balear | balearmos | baleardes | balearem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| baleando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | baleado | baleados | ||||
| Feminine | baleada | baleadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | baleio | baleias | baleia | baleamos | baleais | baleiam |
| Imperfect | baleava | baleavas | baleava | baleávamos | baleáveis | baleavam |
| Preterite | baleei | baleaste | baleou | baleamos1, baleámos2 | baleastes | balearam |
| Pluperfect | baleara | balearas | baleara | baleáramos | baleáreis | balearam |
| Future | balearei | balearás | baleará | balearemos | baleareis | balearão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| balearia | balearias | balearia | balearíamos | balearíeis | baleariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | baleie | baleies | baleie | baleemos | baleeis | baleiem |
| Imperfect | baleasse | baleasses | baleasse | baleássemos | baleásseis | baleassem |
| Future | balear | baleares | balear | balearmos | baleardes | balearem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | baleia | baleie | baleemos | baleai | baleiem | |
| Negative (não) | não baleies | não baleie | não baleemos | não baleeis | não baleiem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baleˈaɾ/ [ba.leˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ba‧le‧ar
Etymology 1
From bala (“bullet”) + -ear.
Verb
balear (first-person singular present baleo, first-person singular preterite baleé, past participle baleado)
- (transitive, Latin America) to shoot
- Synonym: abalear
Conjugation
Conjugation of balear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | balear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | baleando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | baleado | baleada | |||||
| plural | baleados | baleadas | |||||
| 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 | baleo | baleastú baleásvos | balea | baleamos | baleáis | balean | |
| imperfect | baleaba | baleabas | baleaba | baleábamos | baleabais | baleaban | |
| preterite | baleé | baleaste | baleó | baleamos | baleasteis | balearon | |
| future | balearé | balearás | baleará | balearemos | balearéis | balearán | |
| conditional | balearía | balearías | balearía | balearíamos | balearíais | balearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | balee | baleestú baleésvos2 | balee | baleemos | baleéis | baleen | |
| imperfect (ra) | baleara | balearas | baleara | baleáramos | balearais | balearan | |
| imperfect (se) | balease | baleases | balease | baleásemos | baleaseis | baleasen | |
| future1 | baleare | baleares | baleare | baleáremos | baleareis | balearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | baleatú baleávos | balee | baleemos | balead | baleen | ||
| negative | no balees | no balee | no baleemos | no baleéis | no baleen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of balear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive balear | |||||||
| dative | balearme | balearte | balearle, balearse | balearnos | balearos | balearles, balearse | |
| accusative | balearme | balearte | balearlo, balearla, balearse | balearnos | balearos | balearlos, balearlas, balearse | |
| with gerund baleando | |||||||
| dative | baleándome | baleándote | baleándole, baleándose | baleándonos | baleándoos | baleándoles, baleándose | |
| accusative | baleándome | baleándote | baleándolo, baleándola, baleándose | baleándonos | baleándoos | baleándolos, baleándolas, baleándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative balea | |||||||
| dative | baléame | baléate | baléale | baléanos | not used | baléales | |
| accusative | baléame | baléate | baléalo, baléala | baléanos | not used | baléalos, baléalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative baleá | |||||||
| dative | baleame | baleate | baleale | baleanos | not used | baleales | |
| accusative | baleame | baleate | balealo, baleala | baleanos | not used | balealos, balealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative balee | |||||||
| dative | baléeme | not used | baléele, baléese | baléenos | not used | baléeles | |
| accusative | baléeme | not used | baléelo, baléela, baléese | baléenos | not used | baléelos, baléelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative baleemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | baleémoste | baleémosle | baleémonos | baleémoos | baleémosles | |
| accusative | not used | baleémoste | baleémoslo, baleémosla | baleémonos | baleémoos | baleémoslos, baleémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative balead | |||||||
| dative | baleadme | not used | baleadle | baleadnos | baleaos | baleadles | |
| accusative | baleadme | not used | baleadlo, baleadla | baleadnos | baleaos | baleadlos, baleadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative baleen | |||||||
| dative | baléenme | not used | baléenle | baléennos | not used | baléenles, baléense | |
| accusative | baléenme | not used | baléenlo, baléenla | baléennos | not used | baléenlos, baléenlas, baléense | |
Etymology 2
From Latin Baleāris.
Adjective
balear (plural baleares)
- Balearic
Derived terms
- Islas Baleares
Proper noun
balear m
- Balearic
Further reading
- “balear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014