bolsa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bolsa (literally “purse”). Doublet of purse.

Noun

bolsa (plural bolsas)

1. (historical, Spanish America and Philippines) An exchange for the transaction of business.

Anagrams

• Albos, Boals, Sabol, Sobal, albos, bolas, bosal

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish bolsa, from Late Latin bursa, from the Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”). A corrected form of bulsa, with the letter o retained.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bol‧sa

Noun

bolsa

1. a pocket; a small bag inside a garment for carrying small items
2. (obsolete) a sack; a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee
3. (historical) a bolsa

Verb

bolsa

1. to put something into a pocket
2. to take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bolsa.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bolsɐ/

Noun

bolsa f (plural bolsas)

1. bag

   Meteu todo nunha bolsa e marchou.

   He put everything in a bag and left.

Further reading

• “bolsa” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “bolsa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbol.sa/
• Rhymes: -olsa
• Hyphenation: ból‧sa

Adjective

bolsa f sg

1. feminine singular of bolso

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese bolsa.

Noun

bolsa

1. bag
2. grant, scholarship

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Late Latin bursa.

Noun

bolsa f (Latin spelling)

1. bag

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bolssa, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”). Doublet of bursa.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbow.sɐ/ [ˈboʊ̯.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbow.sɐ/ [ˈboʊ̯.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbow.sa/ [ˈboʊ̯.sa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbol.sɐ/ [ˈboɫ.sɐ]

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈboɻ.sɐ/
• Homophones: bolça, bouça (Brazil)
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -olsɐ, (Brazil) -owsɐ
• Hyphenation: bol‧sa

Noun

bolsa f (plural bolsas)

1. purse, handbag, bag
2. stock exchange (building and the associated organization)
3. grant, scholarship
4. pouch (of marsupials)

   Synonym: marsúpio

Synonyms

• (bag): mala, saco, sacola
• (purse, small bag): carteira

Related terms

• bolsada, bolseiro, bolsista, bolso

Descendants

• → English: bulse

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bolsa.

Noun

bolsa

1. pocket

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin bursa. Doublet of bursa. Cognate with English burse (“purse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolsa/ [ˈbol.sa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -olsa
• Syllabification: bol‧sa

Noun

bolsa f (plural bolsas)

1. bag
2. coin purse

   Synonym: monedero

3. (Mexico) purse, handbag
4. (finance) stock exchange
5. pouch (of marsupials)

   Synonym: marsupio

6. (Mexico, Central America, Philippines) pocket (in clothing)

   Synonym: bolsillo

Derived terms

• aflojar la bolsa
• agente de bolsa
• bolsa de agua caliente
• bolsa de aire
• bolsa de corporales
• bolsa de cría
• bolsa de Dios
• bolsa de dormir
• bolsa de estudios
• bolsa de hielo
• bolsa de hierro
• bolsa de la compra
• bolsa de trabajo
• bolsa del pastor
• bolsa marsupial
• bolsa negra
• bolsear
• bolsería
• bolsero
• bolsita
• bolso
• bolsón
• corredor de bolsa
• cortabolsas
• embolsar
• hacer bolsa
• hombre de la bolsa
• la bolsa o la vida
• paje de bolsa
• violín en bolsa

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: bulsa
• → Guaraní: vosa
• → Tagalog: bulsa
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: puxajtli̱

See also

• costal
• saco
• talego

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bolas
• balso
• lobas

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bolsa.

Noun

bolsa

1. pocket