baldar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəlˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [balˈdaɾ]

Borrowed from Spanish baldar.

baldar (first-person singular present baldo, first-person singular preterite baldí, past participle baldat)

1. to maim, to cripple
2. (figurative) to exhaust, to wear out

• baldadura

Related to balda (“pivot”).

baldar (first-person singular present baldo, first-person singular preterite baldí, past participle baldat)

1. to sway

   Synonym: gronxar

• balder

• “baldar”, 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
• “baldar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “baldar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “baldar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil, “invalid; null; futile”).

• Hyphenation: bal‧dar

baldar (first-person singular present baldo, first-person singular preterite baldei, past participle baldado)

1. (Brazil) to make useless; to cause to fail

   O acidente baldou nossa tentativa.

   The accident made our attempt fail.

2. (Portugal, slang) to skive

• frustrar

• baldado

From balde (“in vain”) +‎ -ar, from Andalusian Arabic بَاطِل (báṭil), ultimately from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil, “invalid, null, futile”).

• IPA^(key): /balˈdaɾ/ [bal̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bal‧dar

baldar (first-person singular present baldo, first-person singular preterite baldé, past participle baldado)

1. to cripple

   Synonym: lisiar

• “baldar”, 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