bagatela
See also: bagatelą
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɡaˈtela/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ela
- Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧te‧la
Adjective
bagatela (accusative singular bagatelan, plural bagatelaj, accusative plural bagatelajn)
- insignificant, unimportant, trivial
- Coordinate terms: banala, sensignifa, senvalora, vanta
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French bagatelle or Italian bagatella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.ɡaˈtɛ.la/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛla
- Syllabification: ba‧ga‧te‧la
Noun
bagatela f (diminutive bagatelka)
- (literary) bagatelle, trifle
- (literature, music) bagatelle (short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character)
- bagatelle (palace, usually in a garden, fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries)
Declension
Declension of bagatela
Derived terms
adjectives
adverbs
- bagatelnie
- niebagatelnie
noun
Particle
bagatela
- used to emphasize the importance and value of something just said
- Synonym: (rare) bagatelka
Further reading
- bagatela in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bagatela in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bagattella.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.ɡaˈtɛ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.ɡaˈtɛ.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ.ɡɐˈtɛ.lɐ/ [bɐ.ɣɐˈtɛ.lɐ]
- Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
- Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧te‧la
Noun
bagatela f (plural bagatelas)
- bagatelle, trifle
- Synonyms: futilidade, inutilidade, insignificância, maravalha
- a small amount of money
References
- ^ “bagatela”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “bagatela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bagatella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɡaˈtela/ [ba.ɣ̞aˈt̪e.la]
- Rhymes: -ela
- Syllabification: ba‧ga‧te‧la
Noun
bagatela f (plural bagatelas)
- bagatelle, trifle (an unsubstantial thing)
- Synonyms: insignificancia, menudencia, nonada
Further reading
- “bagatela”, 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