balda

(Anglès)

Noun

1. (feminine) bolt (door fastener)
2. (feminine) doorknocker

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of baldar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of baldar:

baldar

1. to maim, to cripple
2. (figuratively) to exhaust, to wear out

Llegeix-ne més

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈbal.ðə]

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الضَّبّة (aḍ-ḍábba, “latch”), from Arabic ال (al-, “definite article”) + ضَبّة (ḍabba, “mounting on a door”, literally “she-lizard”). Displaced Latin pessulus, which would have yielded *péssol.

Sinònims

pestell

baldó

fiador

llisquet