boses

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish voces, plural of voz (“voice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboses/ [ˈbo.ses]
• Hyphenation: bo‧ses

Noun

boses

1. voice

   Synonym: tingog

Derived terms

• iboses
• magboses

 

Pangasinan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish voz, voces (“voice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboses/, [ˈbʊ.sɪs]
• Hyphenation: bo‧ses

Noun

boses

1. voice

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboses/ [ˈbo.ses]
• Rhymes: -oses
• Syllabification: bo‧ses
• Homophone: (Latin America) voces

Verb

boses

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of bosar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish voces (“voices”), plural of voz, from Latin vōcēs, plural of vōcem, vōx. Compare English voice. Doublet of basa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈboses/ [ˈboː.sɛs]
• Rhymes: -oses
• Syllabification: bo‧ses

Noun

boses (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

1. voice

   Synonym: tinig

2. (figuratively) right to express an opinion

Derived terms

• boses-daga
• boses-guyam
• boses-ipis
• boses-langgam
• boses-palaka
• boses-pekpek
• boses-sementeryo
• bosesan
• bosesin
• mabosesan
• magtaas ng boses
• taasan ng boses

 

Related terms

• altabos
• bos-aktiba
• bos-pasiba

 

See also

• hayag
• salita

 

Further reading

• “boses”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018