balada

See also: bałada and baladă

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballāre. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈla.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈla.ða]

Noun

balada f (plural balades)

1. ballad

Further reading

• “balada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “balada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “balada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Noun

balada f

1. ballad (narrative poem)

Declension

Declension of balada (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	balada	balady
genitive	balady	balad
dative	baladě	baladám
accusative	baladu	balady
vocative	balado	balady
locative	baladě	baladách
instrumental	baladou	baladami

Further reading

• “balada”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “balada”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Verb

balada

1. third-person singular past historic of balader

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈla.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈla.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈla.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈla.dɐ/ [bɐˈla.ðɐ]

• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada, from Late Latin ballāre. Doublet of balata.

Noun

balada f (plural baladas)

1. (literature) ballad (narrative poetry of legends and traditions, originating from the peoples of Northern Europe)
2. (literature) ballade (poem composed of three stanzas of 8 or 10 verses, which end with the same refrain and a dedication)
3. (music) ballad (old song with simple structure and narrative content, in popular style)
4. (music) ballad (sentimental song, slow paced)
5. (Brazil, colloquial) nightclub (a place of recreation, usually open at night, where one can listen to music, dance, have drinks, etc.)

   Synonym: discoteca

6. (Brazil, colloquial) nightlife

   Synonym: vida noturna

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

balada

1. feminine singular of balado

Further reading

• “balada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “balada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French balade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balǎːda/
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧da

Noun

baláda f (Cyrillic spelling бала́да)

1. ballad

Declension

Declension of balada

	singular	plural
nominative	balada	balade
genitive	balade	balada
dative	baladi	baladama
accusative	baladu	balade
vocative	balado	balade
locative	baladi	baladama
instrumental	baladom	baladama

References

• “balada”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlada/ [baˈla.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballāre.

Noun

balada f (plural baladas)

1. ballad

   Synonym: trova

Derived terms

• baladista

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

balada f sg

1. feminine singular of balado

Further reading

• “balada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balada, from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada, from Late Latin ballāre.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlada/ [bɐˈlaː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧da

Noun

balada (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜇ)

1. (poetry) ballad (narrative poem)
2. (music) ballad (slow romantic song)

Related terms

• baylable
• baylarin
• baylarina
• bayle

 

See also

• awit
• korido
• tula

 

Further reading

• “balada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• labada, aldaba

Turkish

Noun

balada

1. locative singular of bala