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Boca

Boca

See also: boca, bóca, and boça

English

Proper noun

Boca

  1. former settlement in Nevada County, California

boca

boca

See also: Boca, bóca, and boça

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin bucca.

Noun

boca f

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin bucca.

Noun

boca f (plural boques)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbokə/

Noun

boca f (plural boques)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Derived terms


Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

  1. mouth

Hausa

Noun

bōcā̀ f (plural bococi)

  1. financial voucher

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin bucca.

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Old English

Noun

bōca

  1. genitive plural of bōc

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin buccam, singular accusative of bucca (cheek).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbo.ka]

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

  1. mouth
    • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 34r. b.
      Todos aq́llos / q́ nó fincaron los ynojos / ala ydola e todas las bocas q́ / la no beſaron […]
      All those who did not kneel their knees before the idol and all the mouths that did not kiss her […]
    • Idem, f. 42r. a.
      dixo el pph´a lo q́ el criador puſie / re em mi boca eſſo fablare […]
      The prophet said: "that which the creator puts in my mouth, that is what I shall speak."

Descendants

  • Ladino: boka (Latin spelling)
  • Spanish: boca

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca, of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbo.kɐ/

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

  1. (anatomy) mouth
    Evite respirar pela boca enquanto corre - Avoid breathing by the mouth when running
  2. brim (of a bottle or any other container)
    Encha até a boca - Fill it up to the brim

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:boca.


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Venetian bozza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bôtsa/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ca

Noun

bȍca f (Cyrillic spelling бо̏ца)

  1. bottle
  2. tank (diving cylinder, gas cylinder)

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish boca, from Latin buccam, singular accusative of bucca (cheek).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbo̞ka]

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

  1. (anatomy) mouth, oral cavity
  2. entrance
  3. estuary

Related terms

See also