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balear.

to hit or wound with a shot.

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ba.leˈa(ʁ)/Brazil[ba.leˈa(h)]Brazil/ba.liˈa(ʁ)/Brazil[ba.liˈa(h)]Brazil
  1. to hit or wound with a shot.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Portuguese bala Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izāre Old Galician-Portuguese -ear Portuguese -ear Portuguese balear From bala + -ear.

adj/bɐˈljaɾ/Portugal/bɐˈljaɾ/Portugal/bɐˈlja.ɾi/Portugal, Southern
  1. Balearic (relating to the Balearic Islands)

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin Baleāris.

noun/bɐˈljaɾ/Portugal/bɐˈljaɾ/Portugal/bɐˈlja.ɾi/Portugal, Southern
  1. Balearic (a person living in or coming from the Balearic islands).

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin Baleāris.

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