"Balibad" is a word in ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

v. /MANG-:-EN/ often /MAKA-: MA-/ to pronounc. wrongly especially by interchanging the sounds; to mispronounce. Kanayon ko nga mabalibad ti nagan mo. I always mispronounce your name.

balíbad - (H) Pretext, explanation, excuse,
pretence, false plea, subterfuge, often just a
story got up for the occasion; to find an
excuse, to explain away, to have a pretext
or story ready, to tell lies in order to get out
of a scrape and the like. Indì ka
magbalíbad sang ímo salâ. Don’t try to
excuse your fault. Anó ang balíbad mo?
What excuse or pretext have you got? Indì
mo akó pagbalibáran. Don’t try to find
excuses with me. Don’t tell me stories.
Don’t try to explain. Nagabút siá sa baláy
sa pagpakigkítà sa ímo; búsà walâ na
ikáw sing ikabalíbad sa íya. He came to
the house to see you; consequently you
cannot excuse yourself any longer.
Pabalibára akó. Excuse me. Ibalíbad mo
akó. Kindly excuse me, find an excuse for
me. Ginbalíbad níya ang ulán. He put it
down to the rain. (cf. butíg, malí, pasúni).

balíbad v {1} [A2S; c] refuse s.
o.
or s.t.
Balibáran gánì ku nímu, patyun ta ka, If you turn me down, Ill kill you.
{2} [AN2] give an excuse for not doing s.t.
Mibalíbad (namalíbad) siyang dì musulti kay pagaw siya, He got out of giving the speech with the excuse that he was hoarse.
n {1} refusal.
Ang ímung balíbad way kapuslánan kun tiúnan kag pusil, No use trying to refuse when s.
o.
points a gun at you.
{2} excuse.
Nakadawat mig balíbad níya nga dì siya makaanhi, We already received his excuse that he couldnt come.
paN- v [A] say s.t.
is not the case.
Namalíbad siya nga wà siya mahigugma kaníya, She said she did not love him.
balibaran a fond of giving excuses.