# balda
## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (aḍḍábba, “latch”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈbal.də]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈbal.da]

#### Noun

balda f (plural baldes)
* bolt (metal fastener)
* doorknocker
    Synonym: picaporta

##### Derived terms

* baldada
* baldell
* baldó

##### Related terms

* baldufa

#### Further reading

* “balda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “balda”, 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

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

balda
* inflection of baldar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish baldar.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: bal‧da
* IPA: /balˈda/ [bɐl̪ˈd̪a]
* IPA: /ˈbalda/ [ˈbal̪.d̪ɐ]

### Verb

baldá
* to cripple; to maim; to disable
* to disturb

#### Related terms

* baldado

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish baldar (“to cripple”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /balˈda/, [bal̪ˈd̪a]
* Hyphenation: bal‧da

### Verb

baldá
* to sprain

## Galician
### Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil, “invalid; null; futile”). Compare Portuguese baldar and Spanish baldar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalda/ [ˈbɑl̪.d̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -alda
* Hyphenation: bal‧da

### Noun

balda f (plural baldas)
* bagatelle, trifle
* flaw, defect

#### Related terms

* baldar

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “balda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “balda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “balda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* “balda”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “balda” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Ido
### Etymology

From Esperanto baldaŭ, from German bald.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalda/

### Adjective

balda
* soon to happen, impending, imminent
    La balda futuro. ― The imminent future.

#### Derived terms

* balde (“soon, shortly”)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbal.da/
* Rhymes: -alda
* Hyphenation: bàl‧da

### Adjective

balda
* feminine singular of baldo

## Maranao
### Adjective

balda
* physically disabled or defective

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbaw.dɐ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.dɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbaw.dɐ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.dɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbaw.da/ [ˈbaʊ̯.da]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbal.dɐ/ [ˈbaɫ.dɐ]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -aldɐ, (Brazil) -awdɐ
* Hyphenation: bal‧da

### Verb

balda
* inflection of baldar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalda/ [ˈbal̪.d̪a]
* Rhymes: -alda
* Syllabification: bal‧da

### Etymology 1

Of unknown origin.

#### Noun

balda f (plural baldas)
* shelf (flat structure fixed to a wall)
    Synonyms: anaquel, estante, repisa

### Etymology 2

From Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (báṭ[i]la), itself from Arabic بَاطِلَة (bāṭila, “vain, useless”).

#### Noun

balda f (plural baldas)
* (obsolete) a cheap and worthless thing; a trinket, trifle

##### Derived terms

* baldío

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

balda
* inflection of baldar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

#### Further reading

* “balda”, 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

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish baldar.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /balˈda/ [bɐlˈd̪a], /ˈbalda/ [ˈbal.d̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -a, -alda
* Syllabification: bal‧da

### Noun

baldá or balda (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜇ)
* crippleness; lameness
    Synonyms: paglumpo, pagkalumpo
* omission
    Synonyms: palya, pagpalya
* absence; non-attendance
    Synonyms: liban, pagliban

#### Derived terms

* baldahin
* mabalda
* magbalda

#### Related terms

* baldado

## Turkmen
### Noun

balda
* locative singular of bal