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balk
[bɔːk]
N
(Agr) caballón m
(Billiards) cabaña f
(=building timber) viga f
VT (=thwart) impedir; (=miss) perder, no aprovechar
Examples from texts
Antar had grown accustomed to having the fourth floor entirely to himself: he balked at the thought of having a neighbour again.Antar se había acostumbrado a tener el cuarto piso para él solo: se resistía a la idea de volver a tener vecinos.Ghosh, Amitav / The Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav / El cromosoma CalcutaEl cromosoma CalcutaGhosh, AmitavThe Calcutta ChromosomeGhosh, Amitav© 1995 by Amitav Ghosh
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Word forms
balk
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | balk | balks |
| Possessive case | balk's | balks' |
balk
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | balked |
| Imperative | balk |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | balking |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | balked |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I balk | we balk |
| you balk | you balk |
| he/she/it balks | they balk |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am balking | we are balking |
| you are balking | you are balking |
| he/she/it is balking | they are balking |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have balked | we have balked |
| you have balked | you have balked |
| he/she/it has balked | they have balked |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been balking | we have been balking |
| you have been balking | you have been balking |
| he/she/it has been balking | they have been balking |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I balked | we balked |
| you balked | you balked |
| he/she/it balked | they balked |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was balking | we were balking |
| you were balking | you were balking |
| he/she/it was balking | they were balking |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had balked | we had balked |
| you had balked | you had balked |
| he/she/it had balked | they had balked |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been balking | we had been balking |
| you had been balking | you had been balking |
| he/she/it had been balking | they had been balking |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will balk | we shall/will balk |
| you will balk | you will balk |
| he/she/it will balk | they will balk |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be balking | we shall/will be balking |
| you will be balking | you will be balking |
| he/she/it will be balking | they will be balking |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have balked | we shall/will have balked |
| you will have balked | you will have balked |
| he/she/it will have balked | they will have balked |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been balking | we shall/will have been balking |
| you will have been balking | you will have been balking |
| he/she/it will have been balking | they will have been balking |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would balk | we should/would balk |
| you would balk | you would balk |
| he/she/it would balk | they would balk |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be balking | we should/would be balking |
| you would be balking | you would be balking |
| he/she/it would be balking | they would be balking |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have balked | we should/would have balked |
| you would have balked | you would have balked |
| he/she/it would have balked | they would have balked |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been balking | we should/would have been balking |
| you would have been balking | you would have been balking |
| he/she/it would have been balking | they would have been balking |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am balked | we are balked |
| you are balked | you are balked |
| he/she/it is balked | they are balked |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being balked | we are being balked |
| you are being balked | you are being balked |
| he/she/it is being balked | they are being balked |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been balked | we have been balked |
| you have been balked | you have been balked |
| he/she/it has been balked | they have been balked |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was balked | we were balked |
| you were balked | you were balked |
| he/she/it was balked | they were balked |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being balked | we were being balked |
| you were being balked | you were being balked |
| he/she/it was being balked | they were being balked |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been balked | we had been balked |
| you had been balked | you had been balked |
| he/she/it had been balked | they had been balked |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be balked | we shall/will be balked |
| you will be balked | you will be balked |
| he/she/it will be balked | they will be balked |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been balked | we shall/will have been balked |
| you will have been balked | you will have been balked |
| he/she/it will have been balked | they will have been balked |
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