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bada

1. inflection of badar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.da/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: bà‧da

Deverbal from badare +‎ -a.

bada f (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) expectation, waiting

• stare a bada
• tenere a bada

Borrowed from Portuguese bada (“female rhinoceros”), from Malay badak.

• abada

bada m or f by sense (masculine plural badi, feminine plural bade)

1. (obsolete) rhinoceros

   Synonym: rinoceronte

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bada

1. inflection of badare:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

• bada¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• bada² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• badda

Derived from English bother.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.da/

bada

1. to bother, to worry
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 11:7:

     An wa ef im fren tan iina im ous an se, ‘No bada mi man. Mi duor lak aredi, an mi an mi pikni dem gaan a bed. Mi kyaahn get op an gi yu notn nou.

     and he will answer from within, 'Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything'?

• bada at JamaicanPatwah.com
• bada at majstro.com

bada m

1. genitive singular of bads

bada

1. powder

bada

1. width

bada

1. to equalize

• badabada

Inherited from Malay bedak.

• IPA^(key): [baˈda]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ba‧da

badá

2. face powder

• badene (of noun)
• badet (of verb)

bada n

1. definite plural of bad

bada

1. inflection of bade:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

bada n

1. definite plural of bad

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.da/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧da

bada

1. third-person singular present of badać

• abada

Borrowed from Malay badak.^[1]

• Hyphenation: ba‧da

bada f (plural badas)

1. (obsolete) synonym of rinoceronte

• → English: abada
• → Italian: bada
• → Italian: abada
• → Spanish: abada

• “bada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈbada/

bada

1. (transitive) to separate

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 36

• IPA^(key): /ˈbada/ [ˈba.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧da

bada f (plural badas)

1. (obsolete) rhinoceros

• “bada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From Old Swedish badha, from Old Norse baða, from Proto-Germanic *baþōną.

• IPA^(key): /²bɑːda/

bada (present badar, preterite badade, supine badat, imperative bada)

1. to bathe (immerse oneself or someone else in water (or another liquid), for cleaning, recreation, etc. – see the usage notes below)

   Smörj in dig med vår fuktighetsbevarande kräm efter att du har duschat eller badat.

   Apply ["smear in yourself with" – the optional "in" emphasizes something being applied] our moisturizing [moisture-preserving] cream after showering or bathing.

   Hur ofta badar ni badkar?

   How often do you take a bath?

   (literally, “How often do you bathe bathtub?”)

   "Hur ofta badar ni?" could also refer to going for a swim (see below), and so might be misunderstood depending on context

   bada badbalja

   have a bath in a baby bathtub

   (literally, “bathe bath tub”)

   A balja is normally a smaller tub compared to a kar and portable, like a plastic tub or a dishpan.

   Jag badar ungarna. ― I'm bathing the kids.

   1. to swim (when more idiomatic in English)
      • 1999, Johan Halleröd, Fredde Granberg, Tomas Claesson, Marko Lehtosalo, “Sola och bada i Piña Colada [Sunbathing and Swimming in Piña Colada]”‎^[1]performed by Markoolio and Jemma Myrberg:

        Sola och bada i Piña Colada. På sommaren är livet som bäst. Alla blir glada av Piña Colada. Man röjer och hånglar på fest.

        Sunbathing and swimming in Piña Colada. In the summer, life is at its best. Piña Colada makes everyone happy. You go wild and make out at parties.

      Barnen älskar att bada i sjön på somrarna. ― The children love swimming in the lake in the summer.

      Jag badade nästan varje dag i somras. ― I went swimming almost every day this summer.

      Hänger du med till stranden och badar? ― Want to go swimming at the beach with us? (literally, “Are you coming along to the beach and bathing?”)

2. (figuratively) to be bathed, to swim (be immersed in something, literally or figuratively)

   Han badade i svett. ― He was bathed in sweat.

   Scenen badade i blått ljus. ― The stage was bathed in blue light.

   Landet badar i pengar. ― The country is swimming in money.

   Jag gillar inte att deras pad thai badar i sås. ― I don't like that their pad thai is swimming in sauce.

   bada bastu ― take a sauna (literally, “bathe sauna [idiomatic]”)

To swim or otherwise spend time in the water for leisurely pleasure is idiomatically to bada (“bathe”) in Swedish. Simma (“swim”) puts more emphasis on the physical act of swimming, and so might imply for example swimming for exercise or a longer distance. Bada might be closest to how bathe might sometimes be used in British English.

• bad

• dopp

• “bada”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “bada”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)