bollo

See also: bollò

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbo.ʎu]

IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈbo.ʎo]

Verb

bollo

first-person singular present indicative of bollar

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbol.lo/
Rhymes: -ollo
Hyphenation: ból‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin bulla.

Noun

bollo m (plural bolli)

Derived terms

bollo postale (“postmark”)
francobollo (“stamp”)

Etymology 2

Deverbal from bollire +‎ -o.

Noun

bollo m (plural bolli)

(regional, North Italian) boil, boiling

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bollo

first-person singular present indicative of bollare

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bollo

first-person singular present indicative of bollire

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin bulla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈboʝo/ [ˈbo.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈboʎo/ [ˈbo.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈboʃo/ [ˈbo.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈboʒo/ [ˈbo.ʒo]

Audio (Venezuela): (file)

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝo
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎo
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃo
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒo

Syllabification: bo‧llo

Noun

bollo m (plural bollos)

bun
(in clothing) puff, tuft
bump on the head
Synonym: chichón
(colloquial) confusion, chaos
Synonyms: confusión, alboroto
(colloquial, Cuba) vulva

Adjective

bollo m or f (masculine and feminine plural bollos)

(colloquial, Spain) dyke, lesbian (related to lesbians)
Synonym: bollero

rollo bollo ― dyke fling/thing; dyke stylish

Derived terms

Further reading

“bollo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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