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): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [bə.lə.fiˈa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ba.la.fiˈaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ba.la.fiˈa] === 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 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “balafiar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)