balafiar

== Catalan == === Etymology === From the archaic expression venir a balàfia "to ransom, to obtain pardon for a captive", from Arabic ب‎الْعَافِيَة (“with health”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bə.lə.fiˈa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ba.la.fiˈaɾ] === Verb === balafiar (first-person singular present balafio, first-person singular preterite balafií, past participle balafiat) (transitive) to squander Synonyms: malgastar, dilapidar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== balafiador === Further reading === “balafiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “balafiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.