bóla

From Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla. Doublet of bola and bula.

• IPA^(key):

bóla f (plural bólas)

1. ball
2. marble (small ball)

• xogo da bóla

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bóla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bóla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bóla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpouːla/

  Rhymes: -ouːla

bóla f (genitive singular bólu, nominative plural bólur)

1. (usually small) bubble

   Synonyms: blaðra, loftbóla

2. (idiomatic) bubble, short-lived fad

   Synonyms: tískufyrirbrigði, tískufyrirbæri

   Internetið er bara bóla. ― The Internet is just a bubble waiting to burst.

3. pimple, zit

   Synonyms: graftarbóla (“pustule”), (uncommon) nabbi

4. (in the plural) acne

   Synonym: unglingabólur

5. (archaic) smallpox

   Synonym: bólusótt

6. small (usually metallic) convex protuberance; stud

• ekki ný bóla (“that's nothing new”)
• teiknibóla (“thumbtack”)
• bólusetning (“vaccination”)
• loftbóla (“air bubble”)
• leysibóla (“lysosome”)