buque

See also: buquê

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuke/ [ˈbu.kɪ]
• Rhymes: -uke
• Hyphenation: bu‧que

Noun

buque m (plural buques)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.kɨ/

• Hyphenation: bu‧que

Noun

buque m (plural buques)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, hull, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuke/ [ˈbu.ke]
• Rhymes: -uke
• Syllabification: bu‧que

Noun

buque m (plural buques)

1. ship, vessel
   • 1981, Gabriel García Márquez, Crónica de una muerte anunciada:

     El día en que lo iban a matar, Santiago Nasar se levantó as las 5.30 de la mañana para esperar el buque en que llegaba el obispo.

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Derived terms

• antibuque
• buque cisterna
• buque de guerra
• buque insignia
• buque mercante

 

Further reading

• “buque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014