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baldío

/balˈdio/

adjective/balˈdio/

barren, waste; lazy, idle

Synonyms: haragán, ocioso

From balda (“(obsolete) worthless thing”) + -ío, from Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (báṭ[i]la), itself from Arabic بَاطِلَة (bāṭila, “vain, useless”).

noun, masculine/balˈdio/plural: baldíos

wasteland

Synonyms: yermo

From balda (“(obsolete) worthless thing”) + -ío, from Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (báṭ[i]la), itself from Arabic بَاطِلَة (bāṭila, “vain, useless”).