boscare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• abboscare
• buscare, boscà, buscà; abbuscare, abboscà, abbuscà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

From Spanish buscar, possibly via the medium of Italian buscare.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [buʃˈka]

Verb

boscare

1. to seek out
2. to procure, acquire, gain
3. to earn
4. to provide
5. to be beaten up

   (by extension) to get the worst of it

References

• Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 16^[1]
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “boscare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano