buco
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbu.ko/
- Rhymes: -uko
- Hyphenation: bù‧co
Etymology 1
From the verb bucare, from buca, or from either Old Frankish *būk (“cavity, stomach”) or Gothic *𐌱𐌿𐌺𐍃 (*būks), both from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, torso”). Compare Occitan/Catalan buc ("torso; cow's chest"). More at bouk.
Noun
buco m (plural buchi)
- hole
- 1911, Grazia Deledda, I giuochi della vita, Fratelli Treves, published 1920, page 90:
- Cumpanzeddu camminava, povera bestia, ma oramai le sue zampe non lasciavano che buchi bianchi sulla neve bianca.
- Cumpanzeddu was walking, that poor animal, but by now his hooves were only leaving white holes in the white snow.
- 1984, Stefano Benni, Stranalandia, Feltrinelli, published 2015, page 103:
- [Il gufo] s’è fatto un occhio nero nel tentativo di centrare, volando al buio un po’ alticcio, il buco nell’albero dove abita.
- [The owl] got a black eye when, while flying a bit tispy in the dark, it aimed for the tree hole in which it lives.
- gap
- aperture
- hovel
- (vulgar, derogatory, slang) a male homosexual
Related terms
- buca
- bucare
- bucato
- bucherellare
- buco dell'ozono
- buco nero
- osso buco
- buchetta (see Wikipedia:Buchetta shop)
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From bȕcmast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǔːt͡so/
- Hyphenation: bu‧co
References
- “buco” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuko/ [ˈbu.ko]
- Rhymes: -uko
- Syllabification: bu‧co
Noun
buco m (plural bucos)
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Further reading
- “buco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “buco” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.
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