Meanings
nounbalada (plural baladas)
plural baladas
- A Spanish-language ballad.
“All the time they complain about it,” said Rafael Batista, the owner of Quisqueya Records, a store whose list of new releases, in keeping with the neighborhood’s large Dominican population, is divided into merengue, salsa, balada and bachata.
2007 February 4, Alex Mindlin, “Yearning to Break the Lock on a Long-Shuttered Park”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
Origin
- Spanishbalada“ballad”
- Englishbalada
Borrowed from Spanish balada (“ballad”). Doublet of ballad and ballade.
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APA
balada. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balada
MLA
“balada.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balada. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balada,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balada.
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