"boi" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈboj/ [Brazil], [ˈboɪ̯] [Brazil], /ˈboj/ [Portugal], /ˈbø/ [Azores] Forms: bois [plural], vaca [feminine], vacas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -oj Etymology: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese boi, from Latin bovem (“cow, bull”) (probably through a Vulgar Latin form *boem), accusative of bōs, itself a borrowing from some Osco-Umbrian language dialect, from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Compare Galician boi. Doublet of bife. Etymology templates: {{root|pt|ine-pro|*gʷṓws}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|boi|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Galician-Portuguese boi, {{inh+|pt|roa-opt|boi}} Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese boi, {{inh|pt|la|bos|bovem|cow, bull}} Latin bovem (“cow, bull”), {{inh|pt|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{m|la|*boem}} *boem, {{m|la|bōs}} bōs, {{der|pt|itc-pro|*gʷōs}} Proto-Italic *gʷōs, {{der|pt|ine-pro|*gʷṓws}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws, {{cog|gl|boi}} Galician boi, {{doublet|pt|bife}} Doublet of bife Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|f=vaca}} boi m (plural bois, feminine vaca, feminine plural vacas)
  1. ox Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-boi-pt-noun-HdFP~Dww
  2. (Brazil, derogatory, figurative) cuckold (man married to an unfaithful wife) Tags: Brazil, derogatory, figuratively, masculine Synonyms: corno
    Sense id: en-boi-pt-noun--9ysix30 Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese
  3. (Brazil, derogatory) corpulent person Tags: Brazil, derogatory, masculine Categories (lifeform): Mammals
    Sense id: en-boi-pt-noun-BbTbILq7 Disambiguation of Mammals: 3 22 52 20 3 Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 1 27 56 16 1
  4. (Pernambuco, derogatory) ugly person Tags: derogatory, masculine
    Sense id: en-boi-pt-noun-8Js89XIV Categories (other): Pernambucan Portuguese
  5. (Northeast Brazil, colloquial) menstruation Tags: Northeast-Brazil, colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-boi-pt-noun-O66mEZld Categories (other): Northeastern Brazilian Portuguese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boy [obsolete]
Derived forms: aboiar, boi bento, boi de piranha, boi de sela, boi preto, boi-cavalo, boi-corneta, boi-marinho, boieiro, bois da quarta, boizinho, não ver um boi, peixe-boi, se não é boi, é vaca Related terms: Beócia, beócio, bife, boiada, bovicídio, bovídeo, bovino, bucéfalo, bucólico, buglossa, bulimia, bustrofédon, butiráceo, butiroso, buzina, caubói, hecatombe

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(Northeast Brazil, colloquial) menstruation"
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      "tags": [
        "Northeast-Brazil",
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboj/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈboɪ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboj/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbø/",
      "tags": [
        "Azores"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oj"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "boy"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pt:boi"
  ],
  "word": "boi"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Portuguese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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