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 Occitan, from Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

Noun

boca f (plural boques)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Derived terms

Further reading


Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

  1. mouth

Further reading


Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English voucher.

Noun

bōcā̀ f (plural bōcōcī, possessed form bōcàr̃)

  1. financial voucher

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buko/

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboːkɑ/

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
    • c. 1200, 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 bocaFill it up to the brim

Quotations

For quotations of use 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

Synonyms


Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboka/
  • (file)

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

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

Derived terms

(diminutive boquilla or boquita)

See also

Further reading

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