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baladí

trivial, of little importancede poca importancia, trivial

Comes from Arabic

بَلَدِيّ

baladī

“of the country, local”«del país, local»

Arabic today says

تَافِه

tāfih

Root

ب ل د

b-l-d

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

In Arabic, baladī still means "local, of the land" (baladī bread, baladī tomatoes) and is rather a compliment; in Spanish, what was "of the country" — the ordinary — ended up being what isn't worth much.En árabe baladī sigue significando «local, de la tierra» (pan baladī, tomates baladī) y es más bien un elogio; en español lo «del país», lo corriente, acabó siendo lo que no vale gran cosa.

In a sentence

Discutieron por un asunto baladí.

They argued over a trivial matter.

تَشَاجَرُوا بِسَبَبِ أَمْرٍ تَافِه.

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