baldar
Portuguese, verb/bawˈda(ʁ)/
baldar is spelled B-A-L-D-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baldar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to make useless; to cause to fail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inutilizar, impedir”.
What does baldar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto make useless; to cause to fail
O acidente baldou nossa tentativa.
- 2
Portugalslangto skive
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. inutilizar, impedir 2. atuar contrariamente às ordens 3. empregar inutilmente 4. estar baldo, estar inútil
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of baldar
- baldo first-person present singular
- baldei first-person preterite singular
- baldado participle past
- baldares infinitive second-person singular
- baldarmos first-person infinitive plural
- baldardes infinitive plural second-person
- baldarem infinitive plural third-person
- baldando gerund
- baldados masculine participle past
- baldada feminine participle past
- baldadas feminine participle past
- baldas indicative present second-person
- balda indicative present singular
- baldamos first-person indicative plural
- baldais indicative plural present
- baldam indicative plural present
- baldava first-person imperfect indicative
- baldavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baldar?
- Brazil /bawˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [baʊ̯ˈda(h)]
- /bawˈda(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is baldar in Portuguese?
baldar appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).