bla
Translingual edit
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bla
English edit
Interjection edit
bla
- Alternative form of blah (“imitative of idle, meaningless talk”)
- 2016, Richard Bean, Up On Roof:
- […] Chair of the Women's Committee, bla bla bla, said she won't vote to let Turkey into the EU until Turkish men improve as lovers, […]
Catalan edit
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bla (feminine blana, masculine plural blans, feminine plural blanes)
- soft
- Synonym: tou
- (figurative) mild, docile
- Synonym: dòcil
- smooth
- Synonym: suau
- (figurative) smooth, gentle
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Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Kriol edit
Preposition edit
bla
- Alternative form of blanga
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic بِلا (bi-lā, literally “with not”). By surface analysis, b’ + le.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
bla
- without (an ingredient, means, concomitant, quality)
- bla ħalib ― without milk
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Spanish edit
Noun edit
bla m (plural blas)
- blah (idle talk)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Adverb edit
bla
- Misspelling of bl.a..
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bla
- Soft mutation of pla.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
pla | bla | mhla | phla |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |