bagatela

See also: bagatelą

Esperanto

Etymology

bagatelo +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baɡaˈtela]

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧te‧la

Adjective

bagatela (accusative singular bagatelan, plural bagatelaj, accusative plural bagatelajn)

1. insignificant, unimportant, trivial

   Coordinate terms: banala, sensignifa, senvalora, vanta

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bagatelle or Italian bagatella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɡaˈtɛ.la/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: ba‧ga‧te‧la

Noun

bagatela f (diminutive bagatelka)

1. (literary) bagatelle, trifle

   Synonyms: bagatelka, betka, błahostka, bzdet, drobiazg, drobnostka, frajer, fraszka, pryszczyk

2. (literature, music) bagatelle (short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character)
3. bagatelle (palace, usually in a garden, fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries)

Declension

Declension of bagatela

	singular	plural
nominative	bagatela	bagatele
genitive	bagateli	bagatel
dative	bagateli	bagatelom
accusative	bagatelę	bagatele
instrumental	bagatelą	bagatelami
locative	bagateli	bagatelach
vocative	bagatelo	bagatele

Derived terms

(adjectives):

• bagatelny
• niebagatelny

(adverbs):

• bagatelnie
• niebagatelnie

(noun):

• bagatelność

(verbs):

• bagatelizować
• zbagatelizować

Particle

bagatela

1. used to emphasize the importance and value of something just said

   Synonym: (rare) bagatelka

Further reading

• bagatela in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bagatela in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bagattella.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.ɡaˈtɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.ɡaˈtɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.ɡaˈtɛ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ɡɐˈtɛ.lɐ/ [bɐ.ɣɐˈtɛ.lɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
• Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧te‧la

Noun

bagatela f (plural bagatelas)

1. bagatelle, trifle

   Synonyms: futilidade, inutilidade, insignificância, maravalha

2. a small amount of money
   1. (sarcastic) an excessive amount of money

      Ela comprou uma bolsa pela bagatela de 280 mil reais.

      She bought a purse for the low cost of 280 thousand reais.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bagatella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɡaˈtela/ [ba.ɣ̞aˈt̪e.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: ba‧ga‧te‧la

Noun

bagatela f (plural bagatelas)

1. bagatelle, trifle (an unsubstantial thing)

   Synonyms: insignificancia, menudencia, nonada

Further reading

• “bagatela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10