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balla

B2#5,582

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nounfeminine
  1. large bundle, bale, reap
  2. falsehood, lie, malarkey
  3. testicle, bollock
  4. a stack or sheaf, especially of hay and other plants that come in blades

Forms

noun

singularballa
pluralballe
diminutiveballetta
diminutiveballettina

Used in the library

  • Il truffatore racconta balle con un sorriso da attore.The swindler tells lies with an actor's smile.B2Di nuovo, per favore (6) — Again, please (6) (B2)
  • Nel prato ci sono le balle di fieno per le mucche.In the meadow there are the hay bales for the cows.B2Di nuovo, per favore (17) — Again, please (17) (B2)
  • Nella scena della fattoria ci sono le balle di fieno.In the farm scene there are hay bales.B2Di nuovo, per favore (28) — Again, please (28) (B2)

Other ways to say it

  • bugialie, untruth; type of dessert in the form of fritters dusted with sugar, eaten during Carnival time; similar to angel wings
  • coglionetesticle; idiot, fool
  • covonesheaf, especially of wheat and other crops that come in ears; garb
  • fagottobundle, sack; clumsy or awkward person, a klutz or goofball
  • fandoniafib; nonsense, humbug, poppycock, malarkey
  • fardellobundle; burden
  • frottolafrottola (Italian popular secular song); lie, fib
  • pallaball (object used for playing games); ball (solid or hollow sphere)

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