baliza

See also: Baliza and baliža

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈli.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈli.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈli.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈli.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: ba‧li‧za

Etymology 1

From Mozarabic, from Late Latin *palitium, from Latin pālus.

Noun

baliza f (plural balizas)

1. boundary
2. (nautical) buoy, marker

   Synonym: boia

3. (sports) goal (an area into which the players attempt to put an object)

   Synonyms: (Brazil) gol, (Rio Grande do Sul) goleira, (Portugal) golo

4. (Brazil) parallel parking (manoeuvre)

   Synonym: (Portugal) estacionamento em paralelo

Related terms

• abalizado
• abalizar
• balizar

Descendants

• → Catalan: balisa
• → French: balise
• → Spanish: baliza

Noun

baliza m or f by sense (plural balizas)

2. baton twirler (person who performs acrobatics with a baton during a parade)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

baliza

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

Further reading

• “baliza”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “baliza”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “baliza”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “baliza”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “baliza”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French baliser.

Verb

a baliza (third-person singular present balizează, past participle balizat) 1st conjugation

1. to put beacons

Conjugation

    conjugation of baliza (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a baliza
gerund			balizând
past participle			balizat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	balizez	balizezi	balizează	balizăm	balizați	balizează
	imperfect	balizam	balizai	baliza	balizam	balizați	balizau
	simple perfect	balizai	balizași	baliză	balizarăm	balizarăți	balizară
	pluperfect	balizasem	balizaseși	balizase	balizaserăm	balizaserăți	balizaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să balizez	să balizezi	să balizeze	să balizăm	să balizați	să balizeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		balizează			balizați
	negative		nu baliza			nu balizați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈliθa/ [baˈli.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /baˈlisa/ [baˈli.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -isa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ba‧li‧za

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese baliza, from Mozarabic, from Latin palus.

Noun

baliza f (plural balizas)

1. (nautical) buoy, marker
2. (aerial) beacon, marker

Derived terms

• balizar

Etymology 2

Verb

baliza

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

Further reading

• “baliza”, 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

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from French valise (“case, suitcase”). Compare Moroccan Arabic باليزة (bālīza)

Noun

baliza f (plural balizat, Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵍⵉⵣⴰ)

1. case, suitcase