Wiktionary

bucha

See also: Bucha and bûcha

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

bucha

  1. third-person singular past historic of bucher

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.xa/
  • Rhymes: -uxa
  • Syllabification: bu‧cha

Verb edit

bucha

  1. third-person singular present of buchać

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain, possibly from Old French bousche.[1]

Pronunciation edit

 
 

  • Rhymes: -uʃɐ
  • Hyphenation: bu‧cha

Noun edit

bucha f (plural buchas)

  1. wad (soft seal used in shotgun cartridges and cannons)
  2. tampion
  3. appetizer
    Synonyms: aperitivo, (Brazil) tira-gosto
  4. (colloquial) mouthful, morsel
    Synonym: bocado
  5. (colloquial) the hub of a bullock cart
  6. loofah (tropical vine of the genus Luffa)
    1. (by extension) loofah (the fruit of this vine)
    2. (by extension) loofah (the fruit's dried fiber)
    3. (by extension, colloquial, Brazil) bath sponge
  7. (engineering) bushing
  8. (engineering) dowel
  9. (electrical engineering) sleeve
  10. (colloquial) scam
  11. (colloquial) nuisance
  12. (colloquial, Portugal) swindle
  13. (colloquial, Brazil) a piece of cloth that serves as a flame source for a sky lantern

Descendants edit

  • → Gujarati: બૂચ (būc)

Noun edit

bucha m or f by sense (plural buchas)

  1. (derogatory) fatty (fat person)
  2. (derogatory, Brazil) weak or worthless person

Adjective edit

bucha m or f by sense (plural buchas)

  1. (derogatory) fat
  2. (colloquial) annoying
  3. (derogatory, Brazil) weak or worthless

References edit

  1. ^ José Pedro Machado (1995) “Bucha”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 470

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English butcher.

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun edit

bucha (n class, plural bucha)

  1. butcher
    Synonym: mchinjaji
  2. butchery
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