busta

busta (plural bustas)

1. Pronunciation spelling of buster.

• Taubs, buats, abuts, butas, tabus, BATUS, tubas, tsuba, Staub

• bysta

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɪsta

busta f

1. bust (sculpture)

• “busta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “busta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin būstum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʊsˠt̪ˠə/

busta m (genitive singular busta, nominative plural bustaí)

1. bust (sculpture)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “busta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “busta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “busta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Borrowed from Old French boiste, whence French boîte (“box”). From Medieval Latin buxida, inflected form derived from Latin buxētum (“boxwood plantation”), from Latin buxus (“boxwood”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.sta/
• Rhymes: -usta
• Hyphenation: bù‧sta

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busta f (plural buste)

1. envelope

   Synonyms: cartella, involucro

   La carta è troppo grande per la busta.

   The letter is too big for the envelope.

2. (philately) cover

   busta primo giorno emissione ― first-day cover

busta

1. (Rome, colloquial, soccer) said by someone after he's nutmegged someone (made the ball pass between their legs)

• fare busta

busta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bustum

• busta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

busta

1. Alternative form of buzna

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busta f

1. bust (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

• “busta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025