debades

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Catalan de bada, from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil). Compare Galician and Spanish en balde. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [dəˈβa.ðəs] IPA(key): (Balearic) [dəˈba.ðəs] IPA(key): (Valencia) [deˈba.ðes] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [deˈβa.ðes] === Adverb === debades in vain Synonyms: en va, inútilment no debades… ― not for nothing… (Valencia) free of charge Synonym: gratis ==== Derived terms ==== endebades === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “debades”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “debades”, 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 “debades”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Galician == === Verb === debades second-person plural present subjunctive of deber