balada

Borrowed from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballāre. First attested in the 14th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈla.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈla.ða]

balada f (plural balades)

1. ballad

• “balada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “balada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “balada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalada]

balada f

1. ballad (narrative poem)

• “balada”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “balada”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

balada

1. third-person singular past historic of balader

• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧da

Borrowed from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada, from Late Latin ballāre. Doublet of balata.

balada f (plural baladas)

1. (literature) ballad (narrative poetry of legends and traditions, originating from the peoples of Northern Europe)
2. (literature) ballade (poem composed of three stanzas of 8 or 10 verses, which end with the same refrain and a dedication)
3. (music) ballad (old song with simple structure and narrative content, in popular style)
4. (music) ballad (sentimental song, slow paced)
5. (Brazil, colloquial) nightclub (a place of recreation, usually open at night, where one can listen to music, dance, have drinks, etc.)

   Synonym: discoteca

6. (Brazil, colloquial) nightlife

   Synonym: vida noturna

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

balada

1. feminine singular of balado

• “balada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “balada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From French balade.

• IPA^(key): /balǎːda/
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧da

baláda f (Cyrillic spelling бала́да)

1. ballad

• “balada”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): /baˈlada/ [baˈla.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧da

Borrowed from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballāre.

balada f (plural baladas)

1. ballad

   Synonym: trova

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

balada f sg

1. feminine singular of balado

• “balada”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish balada, from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada, from Late Latin ballāre.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlada/ [bɐˈlaː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧da

balada (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜇ)

1. (poetry) ballad (narrative poem)
2. (music) ballad (slow romantic song)

• “balada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• labada, aldaba

balada

1. locative singular of bala