bucha

See also: Bucha and bûcha

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: buchas, buchât

Verb

bucha

1. third-person singular past historic of bucher

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.xa/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.xa/

• Rhymes: -uxa
• Syllabification: bu‧cha

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bucha f

1. (Kuyavia) cloak or long dress without a waist

   Synonym: dęty płaszcz

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bucha

1. third-person singular present of buchać

Further reading

• Józef Bliziński (1860) “bucha”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 620
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “bucha”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 268

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from Old French bousche.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʃɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʃa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.t͡ʃɐ/

• Rhymes: -uʃɐ
• Hyphenation: bu‧cha

Noun

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

Descendants

• → Gujarati: બૂચ (būc)

Noun

bucha m or f by sense (plural buchas)

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

Adjective

bucha m or f (plural buchas)

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

References

• “bucha”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “bucha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “bucha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “bucha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English butcher.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

bucha (n class, plural bucha)

1. butcher

   Synonym: mchinjaji

2. butchery