bolacho

Chamorro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish borracho

Adjective

bolacho

1. drunk

Related terms

• bolachero

Macanese

Etymology

From a theoretical masculine form of Portuguese bolacha (“biscuit; slap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔˈla.t͡ʃu/

Noun

bolacho

1. biscuit, cookie

   bolacho-soda ― soda biscuit

2. Alternative form of bulacho: slap

Derived terms

• pó-bolacho

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#b
• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “bolacho”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 318