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balde
baldar
- (Brazil) to make useless; to cause to fail
- (Portugal, slang) to skive
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbaw.d͡ʒi/
Etymology
Uncertain. Suggested derivations include: * baldo (“lacking”), from Arabic; * Vulgar Latin *batulu for batillum; * Late Latin baiula, feminine of Classical Latin bāiulus (“carriers”).
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