bubă

See also: buba and búbá

Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Ukrainian буба (buba), or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *buba from Late Latin būbō, būbōnēs, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn).

Noun

bubă f (plural bube)

  1. swelling, bump
  2. abscess, boil, lesion
  3. (figuratively) a minor wound or injury, such as a cut

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