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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بَلَدِيّ (baladiyy, “indigenous, native”), from بَلَد (balad, “country, land; town; community”), via Andalusian Arabic بَلَدِي (baladī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /balaˈdi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ba‧la‧dí
Adjective
baladí m or f (masculine and feminine plural baladís or baladíes)
- trivial, banal, of no importance, meaningless
- Synonyms: despreciable, fútil, insignificante, insustancial, intrascendente, nimio, pueril, superficial, trivial, vano
- Antonyms: importante, sustancial
- no es cuestión baladí ― it is not a trivial matter
- un tema baladí ― a meaningless subject
1883, Benito Pérez Galdós, El doctor Centeno:¿Y cuándo predicamos en Palacio? -preguntó en tono de excelsitud el señor de Morales, ávido de cortar, con una proposición seria, aquel tema tan baladí.- "So when will we preach in Palacio?", asked wondrously Mr Morales, eager to cut short such a trivial topic with a serious proposition.
- (obsolete) belonging or relating to one's place of origin
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