boroacă

Romanian

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

boroacă f (plural boroace)

1. goby

Declension

Declension of boroacă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) boroacă	boroaca	(niște) boroace	boroacele
genitive/dative	(unei) boroace	boroacei	(unor) boroace	boroacelor
vocative	boroacă, boroaco		boroacelor

Etymology 2

Probably from Latin verrūca (thus a doublet of verucă). Uncertain if the above etymology is related.

Noun

boroacă f (plural boroace)

1. (rare) tumor, swelling

Declension

Declension of boroacă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) boroacă	boroaca	(niște) boroace	boroacele
genitive/dative	(unei) boroace	boroacei	(unor) boroace	boroacelor
vocative	boroacă, boroaco		boroacelor

Synonyms

• tumoare, umflătură

Related terms

• beregată
• borcan

References

• boroacă in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN