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Galician
Verb
bulín
- first-person singular preterite indicative of bulir
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buˈlin/
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: bu‧lín
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Lunfardo , originally from French boulin (“alcove in a dovecote where doves nest”).
Noun
bulín m (plural bulines)
- (Argentina) bachelor pad
- (Argentina) room (used for sex); room in a brothel
1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:Lentamente giró la puerta en sus goznes. Lucio penetró a la habitación e hizo girar la llave del conmutador.
—Pasen, che, les presento mi bulín.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French bouline.
Noun
bulín m (plural bulines)
- bowline
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