bossa

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of borsa.

Noun

bossa f (plural bosses)

  1. bag

Derived terms

French

Verb

bossa

  1. third-person singular past historic of bosser

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from French bosse (“hump, lump, small elevation”).

Noun

bossa f (plural bossas)

  1. (anatomy) hump (rounded mass, as in a camel)
  2. (anatomy) hunch (protuberance)
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