bucha

• Homophones: buchas, buchât

bucha

1. third-person singular past historic of bucher

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.xa/
• Rhymes: -uxa
• Syllabification: bu‧cha

bucha

1. third-person singular present of buchać

Uncertain, possibly from Old French bousche.[1]

• Rhymes: -uʃɐ
• Hyphenation: bu‧cha

bucha f (plural buchas)

1. wad (soft seal used in shotgun cartridges and cannons)
2. tampion
3. appetizer

   Synonyms: aperitivo, (Brazil) tira-gosto

4. (colloquial) mouthful, morsel

   Synonym: bocado

5. (colloquial) the hub of a bullock cart
6. loofah (tropical vine of the genus Luffa)
   1. (by extension) loofah (the fruit of this vine)
   2. (by extension) loofah (the fruit's dried fiber)
   3. (by extension, colloquial, Brazil) bath sponge
7. (engineering) bushing
8. (engineering) dowel
9. (electrical engineering) sleeve
10. (colloquial) scam
11. (colloquial) nuisance
12. (colloquial, Portugal) swindle
13. (colloquial, Brazil) a piece of cloth that serves as a flame source for a sky lantern

• → Gujarati: બૂચ (būc)

bucha m or f by sense (plural buchas)

1. (derogatory) fatty (fat person)
2. (derogatory, Brazil) weak or worthless person

bucha m or f by sense (plural buchas)

1. (derogatory) fat
2. (colloquial) annoying
3. (derogatory, Brazil) weak or worthless

• “bucha” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “bucha” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “bucha” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “bucha” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Borrowed from English butcher.

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bucha (n class, plural bucha)

1. butcher

   Synonym: mchinjaji

2. butchery