bullying
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʊl.i.ɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Etymology 1
editNoun
editbullying (countable and uncountable, plural bullyings)
- An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
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- Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.
- Bullying is a punishable offense in schools.
Derived terms
editDescendants
editTranslations
editact of intimidating a person
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persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant
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See also
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editbullying
- present participle and gerund of bully
Further reading
editPolish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English bullying.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbullying m inan
Declension
editDeclension of bullying
singular | |
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nominative | bullying |
genitive | bullyingu |
dative | bullyingowi |
accusative | bullying |
instrumental | bullyingiem |
locative | bullyingu |
vocative | bullyingu |
Further reading
editPortuguese
editAlternative forms
edit- búlingue (adapted form)
Etymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English bullying.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editbullying m (uncountable)
- bullying (persistent acts intended to make someone’s life unpleasant)
Derived terms
edit- bullyinar (“to bully”)
Spanish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English bullying.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbullying m (uncountable)
- bullying
- Synonyms: acoso escolar, hostigamiento escolar
- ¡No me hagas bullying! ― Don't bully me!
Usage notes
editAccording to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “bullying”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
- Acoso, mejor que bullying, bulleo o buleo | FundéuRAE
- acosar, mejor que bullear | FundéuRAE
- «acoso», mejor que «bullying» y «mobbing» | FundéuRAE
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