Noun: boca
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | boca |
| Plural f | bocas |
Sample Sentences
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Et auj́a o nariz alto por mesura et a boca ben feyta et dentes ben postos et brãcos et o queixo quadrado et o colo longo et as espádoas anchas (He had a high and measured nose and his mouth was well formed; the teeth, well disposed, were white; and the chin was square and the neck long, his shoulders were broad) [1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 275:]
Nouns inflected like boca
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca. See: Latin Nouns '
bucca'.
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