bouça

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• boiça

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bouça, from Latin baltea, from balteus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(w).sɐ/ [ˈbo(ʊ̯).sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(w).sɐ/ [ˈbo(ʊ̯).sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(w).sa/ [ˈbo(ʊ̯).sa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(w).sɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(w).sɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbow.sɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.sɐ/

• Homophones: bolça (Brazil), bolsa (Brazil)
• Rhymes: -owsɐ, -osɐ
• Hyphenation: bou‧ça

Noun

bouça f (plural bouças)

1. (Portugal, regional) fallow (uncultivated land)

Related terms

• bouçar, boiçar