bela

See also: belà, Béla, bêla, Běla, belâ, bela', beła, and Bela

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CatalanEdit

VerbEdit

bela

1. third-person singular present indicative form of belar
2. second-person singular imperative form of belar

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EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Common Romance, from Latin bellus.

PronunciationEdit

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbela/
• Hyphenation: be‧la
• Rhymes: -ela

AdjectiveEdit

bela (accusative singular belan, plural belaj, accusative plural belajn)

1. beautiful, pretty
   • 1907, Filipina Esperantisto, Volumes 1-2,^[1]:

     Kiaj belaj estas ĝiaj altaj montoj tute kovritaj de kreskaĵoj!

     How beautiful are its tall mountains completely covered with plants!

   • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 12:14.

     Kaj kiam Abram venis Egiptujon, la Egiptoj vidis, ke la virino estas tre bela.

     And when Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

   Antonym: malbela

Derived termsEdit

• belega

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IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Esperanto bela, French beau, Italian bello, Spanish belo, from Latin bellus.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.la/

AdjectiveEdit

bela

1. beautiful

AntonymsEdit

• leda

Derived termsEdit

• beleskar (“to embellish”)
• beligar (“to beautify, embellish”)

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IndonesianEdit

VerbEdit

bela

1. to look after (used in the form membela)

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ItalianEdit

VerbEdit

bela

1. third-person singular present indicative of belare
2. second-person singular imperative of belare

AnagramsEdit

• albe

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KurdishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Arabic بَلَاء‎ (balāʾ).

NounEdit

bela ?

1. affliction

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MirandeseEdit

NounEdit

bela f (plural belas)

1. (nautical) sail
2. sail, blade of a windmill
3. spark plug

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

VerbEdit

bela

1. simple past of belegge

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Old OccitanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

bela

1. feminine singular of bel

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PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lɐ/

AdjectiveEdit

bela

1. Feminine singular of adjective belo.
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 135:

     Ele agora tem uma casa nas montanhas, foi Dumbledore que arranjou, uma bela caverna.

     He now has a home in the mountains, Dumbledore is who provided it, a beautiful cave.

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From bèlot, belȍt.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bêla/
• Hyphenation: be‧la

NounEdit

bȅla f (Cyrillic spelling бе̏ла)

1. belote

ReferencesEdit

• “bela”, in Hrvatski jezični portal, 2006–2018

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VolapükEdit

NounEdit

bela

1. genitive singular of bel