balde
Portuguese, noun/ˈbaw.d͡ʒi/
balde is spelled B-A-L-D-E (5 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,438th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balde is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bucket (container)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of baldar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vasilha de forma quase cilíndrica para o transporte de água e outros usos domésticos feita em madeira, metal…”.
What does balde mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebucket (container)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vasilha de forma quase cilíndrica para o transporte de água e outros usos domésticos feita em madeira, metal ou plástico
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 balde
- baldes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balde?
- Brazil /ˈbaw.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [ˈbaʊ̯.d͡ʒi]
- Portugal /ˈbal.dɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to balde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balde in Portuguese?
balde appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).