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ball noun

  /bɑl/ , /bɔl/ , /bɔːl/
  • (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
 pelota, balón, bola
  • A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
 bola, esfera, pelota
  • (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.
 esfera, círculo
  • (mildly, vulgar, slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle.
 huevo, cojón, pelota
  • (baseball, countable) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
 bola, bola mala
  • (in the plural) Courage.
 agallas, huevos
  • (ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.
 bala, bola
  • A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
 bola, ovillo
  • (cricket, countable) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
 pelota
  • (pinball, countable) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
 tirada

ball noun

  /bɑl/ , /bɔl/ , /bɔːl/
  • A formal dance.
 baile

ball verb

  /bɑl/ , /bɔl/ , /bɔːl/
  • (transitive, US, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.
 coger con, follar con, tirarse a

balls noun

  /bɑlz/ , /bɔːlz/
  • (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
 cojones, huevos, bolas, pelotas
ball bearing
cojinete, rodamiento
ball boy
recogepelotas, recogebolas
cup-and-ball
balero, boliche, capirucho, perinola
wrecking ball
bola de demolición
ball girl
recogepelotas
jack-ball
balín, boliche
orange-ball-tree
acerillo, matico, paiquil, palguín, palquín de Chile, pañil
ball up
apelotonar
play ball
juego
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