Catalan

Noun

boia f ‎(plural boies)

1. buoy

External links

• “boia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Noun

boia f ‎(plural boias)

1. buoy

External links

• “boia” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Etymology

Latin boia

Noun

boia f ‎(plural boia)

1. executioner
2. hangman (word game)
3. villain, scoundrel
   • 1995 Niccolò Ammaniti, Rane e girini:

     Non erano soltanto motociclisti di periferia, ma boia insensibili assetati del suo sangue.

Anagrams

• baio

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βοείη ‎(boeíē, “ox hide”), from βοῦς ‎(boûs).^[1]

Noun

boia

1. fetter

References

• BOIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

1. ↑ Ayto, Word Origins

Portuguese

Alternative forms

1. bóia (superseded)

Noun

boia f (plural boias)

1. float; buoy

Verb

boia

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of boiar

   Ele boia.

   He floats.

2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of boiar

   Tu aí, boia sozinho.

   You there, float by yourself.

Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بویا ‎(boya).

Noun

boia

1. paint