bocha

See also: bòcha

Galician

Bocha ("blister")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔt͡ʃa̝/

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic or either from Latin pustula (“pimp”), but influenced by Latin botulus (“sausage”). Compare also bostela.

Noun

bocha f (plural bochas)

1. blister

   Synonym: ampola

2. pimple, pustule
3. a kind of sausage

Related terms

• boche
• bochecha

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian boccia.

Noun

bocha f (plural bochas)

1. spherical body
2. bowling ball

References

• “bocha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “bocha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bocha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Old Occitan

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. mouth (anatomy)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• boccia (European)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian boccia.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bocha f (plural bochas)

1. (Brazil) bowls; lawn bowls (sport where players roll balls such that they stop as close as possible to another ball)

   Synonym: bowls

2. (Brazil) bowl (ball thrown by the player in lawn bowls)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian boccia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbot͡ʃa/, [ˈbo.t͡ʃa]

• Audio

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Noun

bocha f (plural bochas)

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

Further reading

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