bugio

Esperanto

Etymology

From English boogie, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buˈɡio]
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: bu‧gi‧o

Noun

bugio (uncountable, accusative bugion)

1. (music) boogie-woogie

Italian

Etymology

Perhaps a confluence of buco and pertugio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.d͡ʒo/
• Rhymes: -udʒo
• Hyphenation: bù‧gio

Adjective

bugio (feminine bugia, masculine plural bugi, feminine plural bugie or buge)

1. (obsolete) hollow

   Synonyms: bucato, cavo

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XX, page 360, lines 25–27:

     così, rimosso d'aspettare indugio, ¶ quel mormorar de l'aguglia salissi ¶ su per lo collo, come fosse bugio.

     Even thus, relieved from the delay of waiting, that murmuring of the eagle mounted up along its neck, as if it had been hollow.

Portuguese

bugio

Etymology

From Bugia (“Béjaïa”), from Arabic بِجَايَة (bijāya); English boogie, Italian bugia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈʒi.u/, /buˈʒiw/ [buˈʒiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈʒi.u/

• Hyphenation: bu‧gi‧o

Noun

bugio m (plural bugios)

1. howler monkey

   Synonym: macaco