Portuguese

Proper noun

Bela f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Bella

Catalan

Verb

bela

1. third-person singular present indicative form of belar
2. second-person singular imperative form of belar

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin bellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbela/
• Hyphenation: be‧la
• Rhymes: -ela

Adjective

bela ‎(accusative singular belan, plural belaj, accusative plural belajn)

1. beautiful, pretty
   • 1907, Filipina Esperantisto, Volumes 1-2,:

     Kiaj belaj estas ĝiaj altaj montoj tute kovritaj de kreskaĵoj!

     How beautiful are its tall mountains completely covered with plants!

   • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 12:14.

     Kaj kiam Abram venis Egiptujon, la Egiptoj vidis, ke la virino estas tre bela.

     And when Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

Antonyms

• malbela

Derived terms

• belega

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto bela.

Adjective

bela

1. beautiful

Antonyms

• leda

Derived terms

• beleskar ‎(“to embellish”)
• beligar ‎(“to beautify, embellish”)

Indonesian

Verb

bela

1. to look after (used in the form membela)

Italian

Verb

bela

1. third-person singular present indicative of belare
2. second-person singular imperative of belare

Anagrams

• albe

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bela

1. simple past of belegge

Old Provençal

Adjective

bela

1. feminine singular of bel

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lɐ/

Adjective

bela f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective belo.
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 135:

     Ele agora tem uma casa nas montanhas, foi Dumbledore que arranjou, uma bela caverna.

     He now has a home in the mountains, Dumbledore is who provided it, a beautiful cave.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bèlot, belȍt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bêla/
• Hyphenation: be‧la

Noun

bȅla f ‎(Cyrillic spelling бе̏ла)

1. belote

References

• “bela” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Volapük

Noun

bela

1. genitive singular of bel