balear

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Baleārēs (“Balearic Islands”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [bə.leˈar] IPA(key): (Balearic) [bə.leˈa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ba.leˈaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ === Adjective === balear m or f (masculine and feminine plural balears) Balearic (pertaining to the Balearic Islands, the people thereof, or the Catalan dialects spoken there) Synonym: baleàric === Noun === balear m or f by sense (plural balears) Balearic (a person from the Balearic Islands) ==== Related terms ==== Illes Balears (“Balearic Islands”) === Noun === balear m (uncountable) Balearic (the dialect of Catalan spoken in the Balearic Islands) ==== Hypernyms ==== català (“Catalan”) ==== Hyponyms ==== eivissenc (“Eivissan, Ibizan”) mallorquí (“Mallorcan”) menorquí (“Menorcan”) == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === From bala +‎ -ear. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʁ, (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾ Hyphenation: ba‧le‧ar ==== Verb ==== balear (first-person singular present baleio, first-person singular preterite baleei, past participle baleado) to hit or wound with a shot. Near-synonym: atirar ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Latin Baleāris. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Adjective ==== balear m or f (plural baleares) Balearic (relating to the Balearic Islands) ==== Noun ==== balear m or f by sense (plural baleares) Balearic (a person living in or coming from the Balearic islands). === Etymology 3 === From baleio +‎ -ar. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -aɾ Hyphenation: ba‧le‧ar ==== Verb ==== balear (first-person singular present baleio, first-person singular preterite baleei, past participle baleado) (Portugal) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === “balear”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “balear”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “balear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “balear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baleˈaɾ/ [ba.leˈaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: ba‧le‧ar === Etymology 1 === From bala (“bullet”) +‎ -ear. ==== Verb ==== balear (first-person singular present baleo, first-person singular preterite baleé, past participle baleado) (transitive, Latin America) to shoot Synonym: abalear ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin Baleāris. ==== Adjective ==== balear m or f (masculine and feminine plural baleares) Balearic ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Proper noun ==== balear m Balearic === Further reading === “balear”, 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