baldar

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəlˈda] IPA(key): (Valencia) [balˈdaɾ] === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Spanish baldar. ==== Verb ==== baldar (first-person singular present baldo, first-person singular preterite baldí, past participle baldat) to maim, to cripple (figurative) to exhaust, to wear out ===== Derived terms ===== baldadura === Etymology 2 === Related to balda (“pivot”). ==== Verb ==== baldar (first-person singular present baldo, first-person singular preterite baldí, past participle baldat) to sway Synonym: gronxar ===== Related terms ===== balder === Conjugation === === Further reading === “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, 2026 “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. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil, “invalid; null; futile”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bal‧dar === Verb === baldar (first-person singular present baldo, first-person singular preterite baldei, past participle baldado) (Brazil) to make useless; to cause to fail (Portugal, slang) to skive ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== frustrar ==== Related terms ==== baldado === Further reading === “baldar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “baldar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From balde (“in vain”) +‎ -ar, from Andalusian Arabic بَاطِل (báṭil), ultimately from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil, “invalid, null, futile”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /balˈdaɾ/ [bal̪ˈd̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: bal‧dar === Verb === baldar (first-person singular present baldo, first-person singular preterite baldé, past participle baldado) to cripple Synonym: lisiar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “baldar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025