balde

See also: Balde and baldé

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balde.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bal‧de
• IPA^(key): /ˈbalde/ [ˈbal̪.d̪e]

Noun

balde

1. pail; bucket
2. pailful; bucketful

Verb

balde

1. to fetch water using a pail

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalde/ [ˈbal̪.d̪e]
• Hyphenation: bal‧de

Noun

bálde (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. bucket, pail

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish balde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalde/ [ˈbal.de]
• Rhymes: -de
• Hyphenation: bal‧de

Noun

bálde

1. bucket; pail

Danish

Alternative forms

• balle

Noun

balde c (singular definite balden, plural indefinite balder)

1. buttock (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body)
2. ball (of a foot)

Inflection

Declension of balde

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	balde	balden	balder	balderne
genitive	baldes	baldens	balders	baldernes

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

balde

1. inflection of ballen:
   1. singular past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive

Anagrams

• Abdel

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalde/ [ˈbal.de]
• Hyphenation: bal‧de

Noun

bálde

1. bucket, pail

Ido

Etymology

balda (“soon to happen”) +‎ -e (“adverb”)

Adverb

balde

1. soon, shortly

   Ni arivos balde.

   We will arrive shortly.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.de/
• Rhymes: -alde
• Hyphenation: bàl‧de

Adjective

balde

1. feminine plural of baldo

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balde.

Noun

balde

1. bucket; pail

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpalːte/

Verb

balde

1. inflection of baldit:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw.d͡ʒi/ [ˈbaʊ̯.d͡ʒi]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.dɨ/ [ˈbaɫ.dɨ]

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɻ.de/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw.di/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -aldɨ, (Brazil) -awdʒi
• Hyphenation: bal‧de

Etymology 1

balde

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

• baldo (“lacking”), from Arabic;
• Vulgar Latin *batulu for batillum;
• Late Latin baiula, feminine of Classical Latin bāiulus (“carriers”).

Noun

balde m (plural baldes)

1. bucket (container)

Derived terms

• baldada
• baldão
• baldear
• baldinho
• chutar o balde
• esbaldar
• jogar um balde de água fria

Descendants

• → Baharna Arabic: بالدي (bāldī)
• ⇒ Bengali: বালতি (baloti)
• → Gujarati: બાલદી (bāldī)
• ⇒ Hindustani: (see there for further descendants)

  Hindi: बालटी (bālṭī)

  Urdu: بالٹی (bālṭī)

• → Kadiwéu: baalida
• → Konkani: बालदी (bāldī)
• → Makalero: paaldi (“bucket”)
• → Malay: baldi
• → Marathi: बादली (bādlī)
• → Tetum: balde

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

balde

1. inflection of baldar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “balde”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “balde”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “balde”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “balde”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalde/ [ˈbal̪.d̪e]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alde
• Syllabification: bal‧de

Etymology 1

Unknown origin. See Portuguese balde for theories.

Noun

balde m (plural baldes)

1. bin, bucket

   Synonyms: cubo, cubeta

Related terms

• baldear
• de balde
• en balde

Descendants

• > Chavacano: balde
• → Cebuano: balde
• → Hiligaynon: balde

Etymology 2

Verb

balde

1. inflection of baldar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “balde”, 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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• baldi

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balde. See also Malay baldi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balˈde/ [bɐlˈd̪ɛ], /ˈbalde/ [ˈbal.d̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -e, -alde
• Syllabification: bal‧de

Noun

baldé or balde (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. bucket; pail

   Synonyms: timba, tuong

2. act of washing the floor with water
3. empty kerosene can

Derived terms

• baldihan
• baldihin
• magbalde