busta

busta (plural bustas)

1. Pronunciation spelling of buster.

• Taubs, abuts, buats, butas, tabus, tsuba, tubas

• bysta

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪsta]
• Rhymes: -ɪsta

busta f

1. bust (sculpture)

• busta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• busta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin būstum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʊsˠt̪ˠə/

busta m (genitive singular busta, nominative plural bustaí)

1. bust (sculpture)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “busta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “busta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “busta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Borrowed from Old French boiste, whence French boîte (“box”). From Medieval Latin buxida, inflected form derived from Latin buxētum (“boxwood plantation”), from Latin buxus (“boxwood”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.sta/
• Rhymes: -usta
• Hyphenation: bù‧sta

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busta f (plural buste)

1. envelope

   Synonyms: cartella, involucro

   La carta è troppo grande per la busta.

   The letter is too big for the envelope.

2. (philately) cover

   busta primo giorno emissione ― first-day cover

busta

1. (Rome, colloquial, soccer) said by someone after he's nutmegged someone (made the ball pass between their legs)

• fare busta

busta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bustum

• busta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

busta

1. Alternative form of buzna