bocha

See also: bòcha

Galician

Bocha ("blister")

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔt͡ʃa̝/

Etymology 1

Either onomatopoeic[1] or from Latin pustula (pimple), but influenced by Latin botulus (sausage). Compare also bostela.

Noun

bocha f (plural bochas)

  1. blister
    Synonym: ampola
  2. pimple, pustule
  3. a kind of sausage

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian boccia.

Noun

bocha f (plural bochas)

  1. spherical body
  2. bowling ball

References

  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “buche I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin bucca. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French boche.

Noun

bocha f (oblique plural bochas, nominative singular bocha, nominative plural bochas)

  1. mouth (anatomy)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian boccia.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ʃɐ/, /ˈbɔ.t͡ʃɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ʃa/, /ˈbɔ.t͡ʃa/

Noun

bocha f (plural bochas)

  1. (Brazil) bowls; lawn bowls (sport where players roll balls such that they stop as close as possible to another ball)
    Synonym: bowls
  2. (Brazil) bowl (ball thrown by the player in lawn bowls)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbot͡ʃa/ [ˈbo.t͡ʃa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -otʃa
  • Syllabification: bo‧cha

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian boccia.

Noun

bocha f (plural bochas)

  1. bowl (ball thrown in the game of bowls)
  2. (in the plural) bowls (sport)

Noun

bocha f (plural bochas)

  1. female equivalent of bocho

Adjective

bocha f

  1. feminine singular of bocho

Verb

bocha

  1. inflection of bochar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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