bolero
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A woman wearing a bolero jacket.
See also: boléro
English
Etymology
From Spanish bolero, from bola.
Noun
bolero (plural boleros)
- (dance) A lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an unrelated slower-tempo dance of Cuban origin, in 2/4 time.
- 1831, L E L[andon], chapter XXII, in Romance and Reality. , volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, page 335:
- Edward's attention was at first rivetted on two dancers engaged in their graceful national dance, the bolero. What a blessing to a people is a climate that encourages out-of-door amusement!
- (fashion) A type of short, buttonless jacket or blouse, open or tied in front and ending at the diaphragm.
- 2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 175:
- He took the bolero, which was made of soft angora, and rubbed it up and down his cheek.
Verb
bolero (third-person singular simple present boleros, present participle boleroing, simple past and past participle boleroed)
- (intransitive) To dance the bolero.
Further reading
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bolero
Declension
| Inflection of bolero (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bolero | bolerot | |
| genitive | boleron | bolerojen boleroiden boleroitten | |
| partitive | boleroa | boleroja boleroita | |
| illative | boleroon | boleroihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | bolero | bolerot | |
| accusative | nom. | bolero | bolerot |
| gen. | boleron | ||
| genitive | boleron | bolerojen boleroiden boleroitten | |
| partitive | boleroa | boleroja boleroita | |
| inessive | bolerossa | boleroissa | |
| elative | bolerosta | boleroista | |
| illative | boleroon | boleroihin | |
| adessive | bolerolla | boleroilla | |
| ablative | bolerolta | boleroilta | |
| allative | bolerolle | boleroille | |
| essive | bolerona | boleroina | |
| translative | boleroksi | boleroiksi | |
| abessive | bolerotta | boleroitta | |
| instructive | — | boleroin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “bolero”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
boléro (uncountable)
- bolero (all senses)
Related terms
Further reading
- “bolero” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French boléro or Spanish bolero.
Noun
bolero n (plural bolerouri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | bolero | boleroul | bolerouri | bolerourile | |
| genitive-dative | bolero | boleroului | bolerouri | bolerourilor | |
| vocative | boleroule | bolerourilor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bolero m (plural boleros)
Descendants
Noun
bolero m (plural boleros, feminine bolera, feminine plural boleras)
- bolero musician
Further reading
- “bolero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /boˈleɾo/
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: bo‧le‧ro
Etymology 1
Noun
bolero (feminine bolera, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜒᜇᜓ)
- (colloquial) flatterer
- Synonym: mambobola
- 1990, Maksim Gorky, Lusak:
- Isa kang magaling na bolero, Lolo. Ang ganda mong magsinungaling! Magandang pakinggan ang iyong mga pantasya. Sige, magsinungaling ka pa. Ayos din 'yon. Wala namang maraming magagandang bagay na mapapak- inggan sa ...
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- 1988, Lualhati Bautista, Dekada '70: ang orihinal at kimpletong edisyon:
- "Dad, ang serious, isa ospital dinadala." Natawa 'ko. Napikon nang ... hindi ka naging presidente?" Gano'n liga si Jason: masayahin, bolero, mapanukso, pero kaibig-ibig na bata. Mahirap kang magalit sa kanya dahil mabilis siya sa yakap at ...
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- 2005, Galileo S. Zafra, Romulo P. Baquiran, Sawikaan 2004: mga salita ng taon, →ISBN:
- Kailangarg mag- update kayo ng nangyayari sa buhay ng isa't isa. ... Kapag mahilig kang makipagkuwentuhan, tsikador o tsikadora ang tawag sa iyo. Puwedeng ... Pinaa.Tsinika. Dito rin lilitaw ang kahulugan ng pagiging bolero ng isang ...
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- 1989, National Mid-week:
- Nakapaloob sa baranggay ang isa pang malaking istasyon ng radyo at telebisyon, mga talyer, mga imprenta, otel, motel, laboratoryo ng pelikula, pakulutan, ... Puwes, pinangakuan sila ng mga bolero ng lupa. ... Kung kandidato kang taga-iskuwater, huwag kang aastang pulubi; umasta kang siga at may pinag-aralan.
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Etymology 2
Noun
bolero (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜒᜇᜓ)
Further reading
- “bolero”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018