balar

See also: bålar and bałar

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balaR. Cognate with Maori para (“turned yellow, sere, discoloured”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balar/
• Rhymes: -ar

Adjective

balar (Jawi spelling بالر)

1. (especially of a water buffalo) Albino; congenital lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes).

   Synonym: albino

Derived terms

• berbalar
• berbalar-balar
• calar-balar

 

Further reading

• “balar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *balaR

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• balir

Etymology

From Latin bālāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈla(ʁ)/ [baˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈla(ʁ)/ [baˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /baˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baˈla(ʁ)/ [baˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ba‧lar

Verb

balar (first-person singular present balo, first-person singular preterite balei, past participle balado)

1. to baa; to bleat (of sheep: to make its characteristic cry)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of balar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	balar
Personal	balar	balares	balar	balarmos	balardes	balarem
Gerund
	balando
Past participle
Masculine	balado			balados
Feminine	balada			baladas
Indicative
Present	balo	balas	bala	balamos	balais	balam
Imperfect	balava	balavas	balava	balávamos	baláveis	balavam
Preterite	balei	balaste	balou	balamos1, balámos2	balastes	balaram
Pluperfect	balara	balaras	balara	baláramos	baláreis	balaram
Future	balarei	balarás	balará	balaremos	balareis	balarão
Conditional	balaria	balarias	balaria	balaríamos	balaríeis	balariam
Subjunctive
Present	bale	bales	bale	balemos	baleis	balem
Imperfect	balasse	balasses	balasse	balássemos	balásseis	balassem
Future	balar	balares	balar	balarmos	balardes	balarem
Imperative
Affirmative		bala	bale	balemos	balai	balem
Negative (não)		não bales	não bale	não balemos	não baleis	não balem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin bālāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlaɾ/ [baˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ba‧lar

Verb

balar (first-person singular present balo, first-person singular preterite balé, past participle balado)

1. (intransitive) to bleat

Conjugation

    Conjugation of balar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			balar
gerund			balando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		balado		balada
		plural		balados		baladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	balo	balastú balásvos	bala	balamos	baláis	balan
	imperfect	balaba	balabas	balaba	balábamos	balabais	balaban
	preterite	balé	balaste	baló	balamos	balasteis	balaron
	future	balaré	balarás	balará	balaremos	balaréis	balarán
	conditional	balaría	balarías	balaría	balaríamos	balaríais	balarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bale	balestú balésvos2	bale	balemos	baléis	balen
	imperfect (ra)	balara	balaras	balara	baláramos	balarais	balaran
	imperfect (se)	balase	balases	balase	balásemos	balaseis	balasen
	future1	balare	balares	balare	baláremos	balareis	balaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		balatú balávos	bale	balemos	balad	balen
	negative		no bales	no bale	no balemos	no baléis	no balen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• balido

 

Further reading

• “balar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Noun

balar

1. indefinite plural of bal