bocha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔt͡ʃa̝/

Etymology 1

From Latin pustula (“pimp”), but influenced by Latin botulus (“sausage”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian buccia.

References

• “bocha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “bocha 'vexiga'” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “bocha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

Latin bucca. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French boche.

Noun

bocha f (oblique plural bochas, nominative singular bocha, nominative plural bochas)

1. mouth (anatomy)

Alternative forms

• boccia (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian boccia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ʃɐ/, /ˈbɔ.t͡ʃɐ/

Noun

bocha f (plural bochas)

1. bowls; lawn bowls (sport where players roll balls such that they stop as close as possible to another ball)
2. bowl (ball thrown by the player in lawn bowls)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian boccia.

Noun

bocha f (plural bochas)

1. bowl (ball thrown in the game of bowls)
2. (in the plural) bowls (sport)