bouça

Portuguese

Alternative forms

boiça

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bouça, from Latin baltea, from balteus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(w).sɐ/ [ˈbo(ʊ̯).sɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(w).sa/ [ˈbo(ʊ̯).sa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(w).sɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbow.sɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.sɐ/

Homophones: bolça (Brazil), bolsa (Brazil)
Rhymes: -owsɐ, -osɐ
Hyphenation: bou‧ça

Noun

bouça f (plural bouças)

(Portugal, regional) fallow (uncultivated land)

Related terms

bouçar, boiçar

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