balar

See also: bålar and bałar

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balaR. Cognate with Maori para (“turned yellow, sere, discoloured”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balar/
  • Rhymes: -ar

Adjective

balar (Jawi spelling بالر)

  1. (especially of a water buffalo) Albino; congenital lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes).
    Synonym: albino

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bālāre.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈla(ʁ)/ [baˈla(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /baˈla(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /baˈla(ʁ)/ [baˈla(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈla(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈlaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈla.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lar

Verb

balar (first-person singular present balo, first-person singular preterite balei, past participle balado)

  1. to baa; to bleat (of sheep: to make its characteristic cry)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of balar (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 balar
Personal balar balares balar balarmos balardes balarem
Gerund
balando
Past participle
Masculine balado balados
Feminine balada baladas
Indicative
Present balo balas bala balamos balais balam
Imperfect balava balavas balava balávamos baláveis balavam
Preterite balei balaste balou balamos1, balámos2 balastes balaram
Pluperfect balara balaras balara baláramos baláreis balaram
Future balarei balarás balará balaremos balareis balarão
Conditional balaria balarias balaria balaríamos balaríeis balariam
Subjunctive
Present bale bales bale balemos baleis balem
Imperfect balasse balasses balasse balássemos balásseis balassem
Future balar balares balar balarmos balardes balarem
Imperative
Affirmative bala bale balemos balai balem
Negative (não) não bales não bale não balemos não baleis não balem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

References

  1. ^ “balar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “balar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin bālāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlaɾ/ [baˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ba‧lar

Verb

balar (first-person singular present balo, first-person singular preterite balé, past participle balado)

  1. (intransitive) to bleat

Conjugation

    Conjugation of balar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive balar
gerund balando
past participle masculine feminine
singular balado balada
plural balados baladas
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 balo balastú
balásvos 		bala balamos baláis balan
imperfect balaba balabas balaba balábamos balabais balaban
preterite balé balaste baló balamos balasteis balaron
future balaré balarás balará balaremos balaréis balarán
conditional balaría balarías balaría balaríamos balaríais balarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present bale balestú
balésvos2 		bale balemos baléis balen
imperfect
(ra) 		balara balaras balara baláramos balarais balaran
imperfect
(se) 		balase balases balase balásemos balaseis balasen
future1 balare balares balare baláremos balareis balaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative balatú
balávos 		bale balemos balad balen
negative no bales no bale no balemos no baléis no balen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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Swedish

Noun

balar

  1. indefinite plural of bal
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