Noun: buco
Gender: m
Hyphenation: bù‧co
| Singular m | buco |
| Plural m | buchi |
Sample Sentences
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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.) [1911, Grazia Deledda, I giuochi della vita, Fratelli Treves, published 1920, page 90:]
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[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.) [1984, Stefano Benni, Stranalandia, Feltrinelli, published 2015, page 103:]
Nouns inflected like buco
sbrego,
sbergo,
sbarco,
sbocco,
sbieco,
sarago,
scacco,
scalco,
scinco,
diftongo,
smacco,
smergo,
slargo,
guidalesco,
pacciugo,
antiscialagogo,
rinfresco,
granturco,
pappalecco,
rinfianco, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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.
Verbs referencing "buco"
Catalan Nouns
buc.
Translations