bolos

English

Noun

bolos

1. plural of bolo

Anagrams

• Lobos, Sobol, bools, lobos, loobs, obols, sobol

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolos/

Verb

bolos

1. future of boli

French

Alternative forms

• boloss, bolosse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.lɔs/

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Noun

bolos m (plural bolos) (neologism, slang, derogatory)

1. black market customer; customer to a drug dealer
2. a person that can be scammed or ripped off
3. a lame person, a fool

Further reading

• Mais d'où vient le mot «boloss» ? in Le Figaro
• Fiévet, A. & Podhorná-Polická, A. (2009). Quand un nouveau mot devient identitaire pour les jeunes : le cas de « bolos ». Adolescence, t. 27 4(4), 931-940. doi:10.3917/ado.070.0931.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbolos/ [ˈbo.los]
• Rhymes: -olos
• Syllabification: bo‧los

Etymology 1

Verb

bolos

1. Nonstandard form of bulus.

Etymology 2

Verb

bolos

1. to shirk; to slack off
2. to play truant

   Synonym: (colloquial) tuang

3. to escape; to run away

   Synonyms: lolos, lari

Conjugation

Conjugation of bolos (meng-, intransitive)
Root	bolos
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	membolos	terbolos	dibolos	bolos	boloslah
Locative	membolosi	terbolosi	dibolosi	bolosi	bolosilah
Causative / Applicative1	memboloskan	terboloskan	diboloskan	boloskan	boloskanlah
	Causative
Active	memperbolos	terperbolos	diperbolos	perbolos	perboloslah
Locative	memperbolosi	terperbolosi	diperbolosi	perbolosi	perbolosilah
Causative / Applicative1	memperboloskan	terperboloskan	diperboloskan	perboloskan	perboloskanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• membolos
• pembolos

 

Further reading

• “bolos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.lus/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.lus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.luʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.los/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.luʃ/

Noun

bolos m pl

1. plural of bolo

Spanish

Noun

bolos m pl (plural only)

1. (games, sports) bowling

Adjective

bolos m pl

1. masculine plural of bolo

Noun

bolos m pl

1. plural of bolo