balada

Borrowed from Spanish balada (“ballad”). Doublet of ballad and ballade.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈlɑdə/? IPA^(key): /bɑˈlɑdɑ/?

balada (plural baladas)

1. A Spanish-language ballad.
   • 2007 February 4, Alex Mindlin, “Yearning to Break the Lock on a Long-Shuttered Park”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     “All the time they complain about it,” said Rafael Batista, the owner of Quisqueya Records, a store whose list of new releases, in keeping with the neighborhood’s large Dominican population, is divided into merengue, salsa, balada and bachata.

Borrowed from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballāre. First attested in the 14th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈla.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈla.ða]

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balada f (plural balades)

1. ballad

• “balada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “balada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “balada”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalada]

balada f

1. ballad (narrative poem)

• “balada”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “balada”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

balada

1. third-person singular past historic of balader

Borrowed from French ballade.

balada f

1. ballad

• Sandro Cergna (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 36

• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧da

Borrowed from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada, from Late Latin ballāre. Doublet of balata.

balada f (plural baladas)

1. (literature) ballad (narrative poetry of legends and traditions, originating from the peoples of Northern Europe)
2. (literature) ballade (poem composed of three stanzas of 8 or 10 verses, which end with the same refrain and a dedication)
3. (music) ballad (old song with simple structure and narrative content, in popular style)
4. (music) ballad (sentimental song, slow paced)
5. (Brazil, colloquial) nightclub (a place of recreation, usually open at night, where one can listen to music, dance, have drinks, etc.)

   Synonym: discoteca

6. (Brazil, colloquial) nightlife

   Synonym: vida noturna

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

balada

1. feminine singular of balado

• “balada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “balada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “balada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French balade.

• IPA^(key): /balǎːda/
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧da

baláda f (Cyrillic spelling бала́да)

1. ballad

• “balada”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

• IPA^(key): /baˈlada/ [baˈla.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧da

Borrowed from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballāre.

balada f (plural baladas)

1. ballad

   Synonym: trova

• → English: balada
• → Tagalog: balada

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

balada f sg

1. feminine singular of balado

• “balada”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish balada, from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada, from Late Latin ballāre.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlada/ [bɐˈlaː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧da

balada (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜇ)

1. (poetry) ballad (narrative poem)
2. (music) ballad (slow romantic song)

• “balada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

• labada, aldaba

balada

1. locative singular of bala