balda

Meaning

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

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Concepts

catch

click

detent

dog

🐕

latch

pawl

door latch

Synonyms

pestell

baldó

fiador

llisquet

Translations

مِزْلاج

سقّاطة

ماسِكة

σύρτης

μάνταλο

μάνδαλο

κλειδαριά με μάνταλο

chien

🐕

clic

cliquer

cliquet

gâchette

loquet

pêcher

🐟

prise

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈbal.ðə]

Etymology

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.