basura

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈsuɾa/,
Hyphenation: ba‧su‧ra

Noun

basúra (Basahan spelling ᜊᜐᜓᜍ)

garbage; waste; rubbish; trash
Synonym: ramog

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ba‧su‧ra
IPA^(key): /baˈsuɾa/,

Noun

basura

garbage; useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Noun

basura

garbage, refuse, waste, rubbish, trash

Ibanag

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Noun

basura

garbage; trash

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Noun

basura

garbage; trash

Pangasinan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Noun

basura

garbage; trash

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish vassura, from Vulgar Latin *versūra, ultimately derived from Latin verrō (“sweep”). Unrelated to Latin versūra (“refinancing”), which derives from vertō (“turn”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈsuɾa/
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -uɾa
Syllabification: ba‧su‧ra

Noun

basura f (plural basuras)

trash, waste, garbage, rubbish, nonsense
Synonym: desecho
something trashy or undesirable

Derived terms

bote de basura (“basura can”) (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua)
caneca de basura (“basura can”) (Colombia)
cesto de basura
comida basura
contenedor de basura (“basura can”) (Venezuela)
correo basura
cubo de basura (“basura can”) (Spain)
latón de basura (“basura can”) (Cuba)
pipote de basura (“basura can”) (Venezuela)
tacho de basura (“basura can”) (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay)
tarro de basura (“basura can”) (Colombia)
telebasura
tinaco de basura (“basura can”) (Panama)
tirar a basura (“throw to the basura”) (Cuba)
tirar basura (“to litter”)

Related terms

Descendants

Chavacano: basura
→ Bikol Central: basura
→ Catalan: basura
→ Cebuano: basura
→ Chamorro: basura
→ Hiligaynon: basura
→ Ibanag: basura
→ Ilocano: basura
→ Masbatenyo: basura
→ Tagalog: basura

Further reading

“basura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Tagalog Wikipedia has an article on:

basura

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura (“garbage”), from Old Spanish vassura, from Vulgar Latin *versūra, ultimately derived from Latin verrō (“sweep”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈsuɾa/,
Rhymes: -uɾa
Syllabification: ba‧su‧ra

Noun

basura (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜓᜇ)

garbage; trash; rubbish; junk
Synonyms: sukal, yagit
(figurative) something useless; worthless; not needed; or of poor quality
Synonym: walang kuwenta

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

“basura”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Noun

basura

garbage; trash

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