balata

From Spanish balatá.

balata (countable and uncountable, plural balatas)

1. Manilkara bidentata, a large South American tree that yields latex and edible yellow berries.

   Synonyms: ausubo, massaranduba, bulletwood, bully tree, cow-tree

   • 2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 215:

     ‘She tall like a balata tree, her skin black like midnight.’

2. The latex obtained from this tree.

• albata, atabal

From Spanish balata.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑlɑtɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝lɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ba‧la‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): ba‧la‧ta

balata

1. balata (Manilkara bidentata)
2. bulletwood (timber from this tree)

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balata m (plural balatas)

1. balata

Borrowed from Spanish balatá.

• IPA^(key): /baˈla.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧ta

balata f

1. (countable) balata (Manilkara bidentata)
2. (uncountable) balata (latex acquired from the tree)

• balata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ta

Borrowed from Spanish balatá.

balata f (plural balatas)

1. balata (Manilkara bidentata)
2. balata (latex acquired from the tree)

Borrowed from Italian ballata. Doublet of balada.

balata f (plural balatas)

1. synonym of balada

• “balata”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “balata”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “balata”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “balata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Likely from Arabic بَلَاط (balāṭ).

• IPA^(key): /baˈla.t̪a/, [bːaˈla.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: ba‧là‧ta

balata f (plural balati)

1. any large slab of stone, typically lava stone, limestone or marble.
2. (by extension) headstone

• Italian: balata

• IPA^(key): /baˈlata/ [baˈla.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧ta

balata f (plural balatas)

1. brake lining

   Synonym: ferodo

• zapata

• “balata”, 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
• “balata”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

From Kari'na parata^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /balata/, [ba̠la̠ta̠], [bɑ̟lɑ̟tɑ̟]

balata

1. balata (Manilkara bidentata)

   Synonym: boletri

2. latex, rubber (material)
3. waistbelt
4. bullwhip, rubber baton

balata

1. to bullwhip

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlataʔ/ [bɐˈlaː.t̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ataʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧ta

balatà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜆ) (obsolete)

1. leather collar put on hunting dogs

Ultimately from Sanskrit व्रत (vrata, “obedience; any vow or firm purpose”).

balatà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜆ) (obsolete)

1. promise

   Synonyms: pangako, panata

2. abstinence from something in memory of someone

• “balata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018