bolso

From Latin vŭlsus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbol.so/
• Rhymes: -olso
• Hyphenation: ból‧so

bolso (feminine bolsa, masculine plural bolsi, feminine plural bolse)

1. having difficulty breathing (of a horse)
2. (figurative) pompous, inconclusive, unsuccessful, ineffectual, vague, vain

• debole, stanco, fiacco, spossato

• imbolsire

bolso m (plural bolsos)

1. pocket

• algebeira, jabeira, jibeira

From bolsa.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -olsu, (Brazil) -owsu
• Hyphenation: bol‧so

bolso m (plural bolsos, metaphonic)

1. pocket

   Este casaco não tem bolsos.

   This coat doesn't have pockets.

2. (figuratively) one's finances or acquisitive power

   Na minha idade, um homem deve se preocupar não com o seu corpo mas com o seu bolso.

   At my age, a man needs to worry not about his body but about his pocket.

• bolsa

From bolsa. Compare English purse and burse.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolso/

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• Rhymes: -olso
• Syllabification: bol‧so

bolso m (plural bolsos)

1. purse
2. bag
3. handbag
4. pouch
5. sac, tote

• bolso de viaje (“duffel bag, overnight bag, travel bag”)

• “bolso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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