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Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
bollo
- first-person singular present indicative of bollar
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin bulla.
Noun
bollo m (plural bolli)
- stamp
- seal
- brand
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Deverbal from bollire + -o.
Noun
bollo m (plural bolli)
- (regional, North Italian) boil, boiling
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bollo
- first-person singular present indicative of bollare
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bollo
- first-person singular present indicative of bollire
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin bulla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈboʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈboʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈboʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈboʒo/
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝo
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎo
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃo
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒo
Noun
bollo m (plural bollos)
- bun
- (in clothing) puff, tuft
- bump on the head
- Synonym: chichón
- (colloquial) confusion, chaos
- Synonyms: confusión, alboroto
- (colloquial, Cuba) vulva
Adjective
bollo m or f (masculine and feminine plural bollos)
- (colloquial, Spain) dyke, lesbian (related to lesbians)
- Synonym: bollero
- rollo bollo ― dyke fling/thing; dyke stylish
Derived terms
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