boca a boca

Portuguese

Noun

boca a boca m (uncountable)

1. mouth-to-mouth (breathing into a person’s mouth as a first-aid technique)
2. word of mouth (verbal, personal transmission of information)

Spanish

Noun

boca a boca m (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) word of mouth
2. (idiomatic) mouth-to-mouth (breathing into a person’s mouth as a first-aid technique)

See also

• de boca en boca

Further reading

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