Noun: baldragas
Gender: m
Hyphenation: bal‧dra‧gas
| Singular m | baldragas |
| Plural m | baldragas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like baldragas
chikistrikis,
matachispas,
sacacuartos,
aguzanieves,
scrach,
buscapalabras,
sosias,
sacacorazones,
atajacaminos,
paterfamilias,
sacabotas,
lanzaguisantes,
vendemotos,
pisapatatas,
lanzatorpedos,
pisapapeles,
portaequipajes,
show cooking,
picamaderos de Magallanes,
yachak, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Distorted from Arabic بَطَّال (baṭṭāl) or another word from the root ب ط ل (b ṭ l), or maybe from بَتَرَ (batara, “to cut off”) in view of Salamancan baldorro (“beast that one culls for being old or sick”), baldorras and boldregas (“tattered”), Aragonese and Spanish baldrés (“tanned sheep hide”), Portuguese and Galician baldréu (“goat-hide for gloves; depraved person”), Canarian baladrón (“rascal”), Galician baladrón (“braggart”), Old Navarro-Aragonese baladreo (“frivolity, folly”), Galician baldreo (“dirty”), Portuguese boldrego (“filthy”), baldrejado (“filthy”), Portuguese baldroar (“to jest”), baldroca (“fraud”), baldroguerrio (“intrigant”), however Celtic and Romance explanations are given, note borrowed Latin balātrō (“jester”) and Latin balteus (“belt”). See: Spanish Nouns '
baldrés', Galician Nouns '
baladrón', Galician Nouns '
baldreo', Portuguese Nouns '
boldrego', Latin Nouns '
balātrō', Latin Nouns '
balteus'.
Verbs referencing "baldragas"
Catalan Nouns
baldragues.
Translations