balde

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalde/ [ˈbal̪.d̪e]
• Hyphenation: bal‧de

Noun

bálde (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. bucket, pail

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balde.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bal‧de
• IPA^(key): /ˈbalde/ [ˈbal̪.d̪e]

Noun

balde

1. pail; bucket
2. pailful; bucketful

Verb

balde

1. to fetch water using a pail

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish balde.

Noun

balde

1. bucket; pail

Alternative forms

• balle

Noun

balde c (singular definite balden, plural indefinite balder)

1. buttock (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body)
2. ball (of a foot)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

balde

1. inflection of ballen:
   1. singular past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive

Anagrams

• Abdel

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balde.

Noun

bálde

1. bucket, pail

Etymology

balda (“soon to happen”) +‎ -e (“adverb”)

Adverb

balde

1. soon, shortly

   Ni arivos balde.

   We will arrive shortly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.de/
• Rhymes: -alde
• Hyphenation: bàl‧de

Adjective

balde

1. feminine plural of baldo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balde.

Noun

balde

1. bucket; pail

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpalːte/

Verb

balde

1. inflection of baldit:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

Pronunciation

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɻ.de/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw.di/
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -aldɨ, (Brazil) -awdʒi
• Hyphenation: bal‧de

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

• baldo (“lacking”), from Arabic;
• Vulgar Latin *batulu for batillum;
• Late Latin baiula, feminine of Classical Latin bāiulus (“carriers”).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalde/ [ˈbal̪.d̪e]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alde
• Syllabification: bal‧de

Etymology 1

Unknown origin.

Etymology 2

Further reading

• “balde”, 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

Alternative forms

• baldi

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balde. See also Malay baldi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balˈde/ [bɐlˈd̪ɛ], /ˈbalde/ [ˈbal.d̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -e, -alde
• Syllabification: bal‧de

Noun

baldé or balde (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. bucket; pail

   Synonyms: timba, tuong

2. act of washing the floor with water
3. empty kerosene can