"boca" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbo.kɐ/ Forms: bocas [plural], bôca [alternative], bocca [alternative]
Rhymes: -okɐ Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca, of Celtic origin. Etymology templates: {{etymon|pt|id=mouth}}, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|boca}} Old Galician-Portuguese boca, {{inh|pt|la|bucca}} Latin bucca, {{der|pt|cel}} Celtic Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} boca f (plural bocas)
  1. (anatomy) mouth (the opening of a creature through which food is ingested) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-boca-pt-noun-reyNzStv Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-boca-pt-noun-2bPUz0rY
  3. brim (of a bottle or any other container) Tags: feminine Synonyms: bocal
    Sense id: en-boca-pt-noun-8-4EmzDR
  4. burner, ring (of a stove) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-boca-pt-noun-c0Iq3AC3
  5. (Brazil, slang) illegal drug shop Tags: Brazil, feminine, slang Synonyms: biqueira, bocada, bica
    Sense id: en-boca-pt-noun-T8CjvTwK Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bocão, bocona [augmentative], boquinha [diminutive]
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɔ.kɐ/
Rhymes: -ɔkɐ Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} boca
  1. inflection of bocar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: bocar
    Sense id: en-boca-pt-verb-ORjOXAp1 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 8 8 7 6 8 4 8 1 4 1 0 3 9 1 0 8 3 4 0 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 8 20 7 3 15 38 9
  2. inflection of bocar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: bocar
    Sense id: en-boca-pt-verb-2TyaLIGQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Ah! é que umas são a ignorancia na sua perfeição mais divina, outras guardam na bocca o gosto amargo de todos os fructos vedados que teem devorado!",
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          "ref": "1826, Academia das ciências de Lisboa, Collecçao de noticias para a historia e geografia das naçoes ultramarinas, que vivem nos dominios portuguezes, ou lhes sao visinhas..., Typografia da mesma Academia, page 9:",
          "text": "Deste canal lança o Amazonas pela terra dentro aquella porção de agoa, que junta com a referida do Akeky fórma o rio deste nome, que dá entrada para o' Amazonas pela bocca do Xingú.",
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        },
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        },
        {
          "word": "bica"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈbo.kɐ/"
    },
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