buxo

Borrowed from English box, German Büchse. Also found in French boite. The use of -u- instead of -o- is to distinguish the word from boxo (“boxing”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.kso/, /ˈbu.ɡzo/

buxo (plural buxi)

1. box

buxō

1. dative singular of buxus
2. ablative singular of buxus

From Old Portuguese buxo, from Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).

Cognate with Galician buxo, Spanish boj, Catalan boix, Occitan bois, French buis, Italian bosso, Romanian bucsău and English box.

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʃu/
• Hyphenation: bu‧xo

buxo m (plural buxos)

1. box (any of various evergreen shrubs or trees)

• buxeiro, buxeira

buxo m (plural buxi)

1. hole (all the way through)