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Spanish
Etymology
Most likely regressively derived from bocina + -ar;[1] cf. also Latin būcinō, būcināre, and voznar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /boθiˈnaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bosiˈnaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: bo‧ci‧nar
Verb
bocinar (first-person singular present bocino, first-person singular preterite bociné, past participle bocinado)
- to honk the horn (on a car)
- to speak through a loudspeaker[2]
- to play on a horn or conch shell[3]
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
References
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “bocinar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ “bocinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- ^ “bocinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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