baldío
Spanish, noun/balˈdio/
baldío is spelled B-A-L-D-Í-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,860th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baldío is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “wasteland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does baldío mean in English?
adjective
- 1
barren, waste
- 2
lazy, idle
noun
- 1
masculinewasteland
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Aplícase a la tierra o terreno común de un pueblo, que ni se labra ni está adehesado, y también a los solares yermos. 2. Dícese del terreno de particulares que huelga, que no se labra. 3. Vano, sin motivo ni fundamento. 4. Vagabundo, perdido, sin ocupación ni oficio.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of baldío
- baldía feminine
- baldíos masculine plural
- baldías feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baldío?
- /balˈdio/
- [bal̪ˈd̪i.o]
- [bal̪ˈd̪io]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to baldío
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baldío in Spanish?
baldío appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).