bocha

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GalicianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔt͡ʃa̝/

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin pustula (“pimp”), but influenced by Latin botulus (“sausage”).

NounEdit

bocha f (plural bochas)

1. pimple, pustule
2. a kind of sausage

Related termsEdit

• boche
• bochecha

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Italian buccia.

NounEdit

bocha f (plural bochas)

1. spherical body
2. bowling ball

ReferencesEdit

• “bocha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

• “bocha 'vexiga'” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/TILG/>

• “bocha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/Tesouro>

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Old ProvençalEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

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

1. mouth (anatomy)

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PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• boccia (dated)

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian boccia.

PronunciationEdit

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ʃɐ/, /ˈbɔ.t͡ʃɐ/

NounEdit

bocha f (plural bochas)

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

SynonymsEdit

• (bowls): bowls

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

bocha f (plural bochas)

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