batalla

Etymology

Compare Spanish batalla, Galician batalla, Portuguese batalha. Ultimately from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia, from Latin battuō.

Noun

batalla f (plural batalles)

1. battle (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Etymology

From Old Occitan batalha, from Late Latin battālia, variant of Latin battuālia (“fencing, fighting practice”), battuō (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /bəˈta.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /baˈta.ʎa/

Noun

batalla f (plural batalles)

1. battle (a fight between two armed forces)
2. (figuratively) battle (any stuggle or contest marked by strong feelings)
3. (archaic) battle (a portion of an army)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese batalla, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“fighting and fencing exercises”), from Latin battuō (“to strike, beat”)

Noun

batalla f (plural batallas)

1. battle

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan batalha, or Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia, from Latin battuō. If inherited, the Latin term would have resulted in a Spanish *bataja instead, and even in Old Spanish writing such as the Cantar de Mio Cid, it was treated as a neologism, while the normal term for fight or battle was lid.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈtaʎa/

Noun

batalla f (plural batallas)

1. battle

Verb

batalla

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of batallar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of batallar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of batallar.

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