# balear
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Baleārēs (“Balearic Islands”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bə.leˈar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [bə.leˈa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ba.leˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Adjective

balear m or f (masculine and feminine plural balears)
* Balearic (pertaining to the Balearic Islands, the people thereof, or the Catalan dialects spoken there)

### Noun

balear m or f by sense (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
### Etymology 1

From bala +‎ -ear.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ba.liˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlja(ʁ)/ [baˈlja(h)], /ba.leˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.leˈa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ba.liˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlja(ʁ)/ [baˈlja(h)], /ba.leˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.leˈa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ba.liˈa(ɾ)/ [ba.lɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlja(ɾ)/, /ba.leˈa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ba.liˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.lɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlja(ʁ)/ [baˈlja(χ)], /ba.leˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.leˈa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ba.leˈa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈljaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈljaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈlja.ɾi/
* Rhymes: -aɾ, -aʁ
* Hyphenation: ba‧le‧ar

#### Verb

balear (first-person singular present baleio, first-person singular preterite baleei, past participle baleado)
* to hit or wound with a shot.
    Near-synonym: atirar

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin Baleāris.

#### Pronunciation

* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈljaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈljaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈlja.ɾi/

#### Adjective

balear m or f (plural baleares)
* Balearic (relating to the Balearic Islands)

#### Noun

balear m or f by sense (plural baleares)
* Balearic (a person living in or coming from the Balearic islands).

### Etymology 3

From baleio +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ba.leˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.leˈa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ba.leˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.leˈa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ba.leˈa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ba.leˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.leˈa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ba.leˈa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈljaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈljaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈlja.ɾi/
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: ba‧le‧ar

#### Verb

balear (first-person singular present baleio, first-person singular preterite baleei, past participle baleado)
* (Portugal) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “balear”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “balear”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “balear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “balear”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Etymology 2

From Latin Baleāris.

#### Adjective

balear m or f (masculine and feminine plural baleares)
* Balearic

##### Derived terms

* Islas Baleares

#### Proper noun

balear m
* Balearic

### Further reading

* “balear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10