baladí

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَلَدِيّ (baladiyy, “indigenous, native”), from بَلَد (balad, “country, land; town; community”), via Andalusian Arabic بَلَدِي (baladī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balaˈdi/ [ba.laˈð̞i]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: ba‧la‧dí

Adjective

baladí m or f (masculine and feminine plural baladíes or baladís)

  1. trivial, banal, of no importance, meaningless
    Synonyms: despreciable, fútil, insignificante, insustancial, intrascendente, nimio, pueril, superficial, trivial, vano
    Antonyms: importante, sustancial
    un tema baladí ― a meaningless subject
    no es cuestión baladí ― it is not a trivial matter
    • 1883, Benito Pérez Galdós, El doctor Centeno:
      ¿Y cuándo predicamos en Palacio? -preguntó en tono de excelsitud el señor de Morales, ávido de cortar, con una proposición seria, aquel tema tan baladí.
      "So when will we preach in Palacio?", asked wondrously Mr Morales, eager to cut short such a trivial topic with a serious proposition.
  2. (obsolete) belonging or relating to one's place of origin

Derived terms

  • clavo baladí

Further reading

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