"bulo" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbulo/, [ˈbu.lo] Forms: bulos [plural]
Rhymes: -ulo Etymology: Perhaps from Caló bul (“crap, nonsense”). Etymology templates: {{bor|es|rmq|bul|t=crap, nonsense}} Caló bul (“crap, nonsense”) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} bulo m (plural bulos)
  1. (Spain) canard, hoax (false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so) Tags: Spain, masculine Synonyms: filfa, hoax

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "rmq",
        "3": "bul",
        "t": "crap, nonsense"
      },
      "expansion": "Caló bul (“crap, nonsense”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Caló bul (“crap, nonsense”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bulos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "bulo m (plural bulos)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bu‧lo"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 12 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "roman": "Debemos, sin embargo, establecer una distinción entre todos los anteriores y el engaño o bulo, cuya voz inglesa, “hoax” se utiliza en España, de forma concreta, para definir aquellos fraudes informativos que se transmiten por Internet.",
          "text": "2015, Eva Aladro Vico, Graciela Padilla Castillo, Aplicaciones actuales de la comunicación e interacción digitales, ACCI (Asoc. Cultural y Científica Iberoameric.), page 426",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "canard, hoax (false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so)"
      ],
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          "canard",
          "canard"
        ],
        [
          "hoax",
          "hoax"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Spain) canard, hoax (false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "filfa"
        },
        {
          "word": "hoax"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbulo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbu.lo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ulo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bulo"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "rmq",
        "3": "bul",
        "t": "crap, nonsense"
      },
      "expansion": "Caló bul (“crap, nonsense”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Caló bul (“crap, nonsense”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bulos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "bulo m (plural bulos)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bu‧lo"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Peninsular Spanish",
        "Requests for translations of Spanish quotations",
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        "Rhymes:Spanish/ulo/2 syllables",
        "Spanish 2-syllable words",
        "Spanish countable nouns",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish masculine nouns",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from Caló",
        "Spanish terms derived from Caló",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "roman": "Debemos, sin embargo, establecer una distinción entre todos los anteriores y el engaño o bulo, cuya voz inglesa, “hoax” se utiliza en España, de forma concreta, para definir aquellos fraudes informativos que se transmiten por Internet.",
          "text": "2015, Eva Aladro Vico, Graciela Padilla Castillo, Aplicaciones actuales de la comunicación e interacción digitales, ACCI (Asoc. Cultural y Científica Iberoameric.), page 426",
          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "canard, hoax (false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so)"
      ],
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        [
          "canard",
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        ],
        [
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        ]
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        "(Spain) canard, hoax (false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "filfa"
        },
        {
          "word": "hoax"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbulo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbu.lo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ulo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bulo"
}

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