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boca

See also: Boca, bóca, böca, and boça

Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈboka/
  • Syllabification: bo‧ca
  • Rhymes: -oka

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boca f (plural bocas)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈboka/ [ˈbo.ka]
  • Rhymes: -oka
  • Syllabification: bo‧ca

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boca f (plural boques)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin bucca.

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boca f (plural boques)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈboka/ [ˈbo.kɐ]
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  • Rhymes: -oka
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ca

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boca f (plural bocas)

  1. (anatomy) mouth
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 275:
      Et auj́a o nariz alto por mesura et a boca ben feyta et dentes ben postos et brãcos et o queixo quadrado et o colo longo et as espádoas anchas
      He had a high and measured nose and his mouth was well formed; the teeth, well disposed, were white; and the chin was square and the neck long, his shoulders were broad

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Hausa

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English voucher.

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  • IPA(key): /bóː.t͡ʃàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bóː.t͡ʃàː]

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bōcā̀ f (plural bōcōcī, possessed form bōcàr̃)

  1. financial voucher

Ladino

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boca f (Hebrew spelling בוקה)

  1. alternative spelling of boka
    • 1973, Annual‎[1], volumes 8-10, page 176:
      El bostejo va de boca en boca, como el pašarico de oja en oja.
      Yawning goes from mouth to mouth like the bird from bough to bough.

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan, from Latin bucca.

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boca f (plural bocas)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Old English

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bōca

  1. genitive plural of bōc

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin bucca (“cheek”).

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boca f (plural bocas)

  1. mouth
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 34r. b.
      Todos aq̃llos / q̃ nõ fincaron los ynojos / ala ydola e todas las bocas q̃ / la no beſaron […]
      All those who did not kneel their knees before the idol and all the mouths that did not kiss her […]
    • Idem, f. 42r. a.
      dixo el ppħa lo q̃ el criador puſie / re em mi boca eſſo fablare […]
      The prophet said: "that which the creator puts in my mouth, that is what I shall speak."

Descendants

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  • Ladino: boka (Latin spelling)
  • Spanish: boca

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca, of Celtic origin.

    Alternative forms

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    • bôca (pre-reform spelling)
    • bocca (pre-standardization spelling)

    Pronunciation

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    • Rhymes: -okɐ
    • Hyphenation: bo‧ca

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    boca f (plural bocas)

    1. (anatomy) mouth (the opening of a creature through which food is ingested)
      Evite respirar pela boca enquanto corre
      Avoid breathing by the mouth when running
      • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “As filhas de Victor Hugo [The daughters of Victor Hugo]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[2], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 304:
        Ah! é que umas são a ignorancia na sua perfeição mais divina, outras guardam na bocca o gosto amargo de todos os fructos vedados que teem devorado!
        Ah! It is that some embody ignorance in its most divine perfection, while others carry in their mouth the bitter taste of all the forbidden fruits they have devoured!
    2. mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water)
      • 1826, Academia das ciências de Lisboa, Collecçao de noticias para a historia e geografia das naçoes ultramarinas, que vivem nos dominios portuguezes, ou lhes sao visinhas..., Typografia da mesma Academia, page 9:
        Deste canal lança o Amazonas pela terra dentro aquella porção de agoa, que junta com a referida do Akeky fórma o rio deste nome, que dá entrada para o' Amazonas pela bocca do Xingú.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    3. brim (of a bottle or any other container)
      Synonym: bocal
      Encha até a boca ― Fill it up to the brim
    4. burner, ring (of a stove)
    5. (Brazil, slang) illegal drug shop
      Synonyms: biqueira, bocada, bica
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

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    • Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
    • Hyphenation: bo‧ca

    Verb

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    boca

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

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    Serbo-Croatian

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    Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Venetan bozza.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /bôt͡sa/
    • Hyphenation: bo‧ca

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    bȍca f (Cyrillic spelling бо̏ца)

    1. bottle
      Synonym: flaša
    2. tank (diving cylinder, gas cylinder)

    Declension

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    Declension of boca
    singular plural
    nominative bȍca boce
    genitive boce bȏcā
    dative boci bocama
    accusative bocu boce
    vocative boco boce
    locative boci bocama
    instrumental bocom bocama

    Further reading

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    • “boca”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Spanish boca, from Latin bucca (“cheek”). Compare English beak.

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    Noun

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    boca f (plural bocas)

    1. (anatomy) mouth, oral cavity
      Synonyms: (colloquial) pico, (pejorative) hocico
    2. entrance, opening
      Synonym: entrada
      • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 189:
        Las cocineras, para evitar que el Demonio eche a perder la comida, hacen la señal de la cruz sobre la boca de la olla.
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      • 2019 May 9, María Belén Etchenique, “Radiografía del subte: una red que crece a paso lento pero suma 200 pasajeros por día”, in El Clarín (Argentina)‎[3]:
        De lunes a viernes, Buenos Aires se llena y vacía a través de sus bocas de subte.
        From Monday to Friday, Buenos Aires is filled and emptied through its metro entrances.
    3. estuary
      Synonyms: estero, estuario

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