boca

Etymology

From Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboka/
• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: bo‧ca

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

1. (anatomy) mouth

Etymology

From Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboka/ [ˈbo.ka]
• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: bo‧ca

Noun

boca f (plural boques)

1. (anatomy) mouth

Etymology

Inherited from Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbo.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbo.ka]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -oka
• Hyphenation: bo‧ca

Noun

boca f (plural boques)

1. (anatomy) mouth

Further reading

• “boca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “boca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “boca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “boca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboka/ [ˈbo.kɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oka
• Hyphenation: bo‧ca

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

1. (anatomy) mouth
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 275:

     Et auj́a o nariz alto por mesura et a boca ben feyta et dentes ben postos et brãcos et o queixo quadrado et o colo longo et as espádoas anchas

     He had a high and measured nose and his mouth was well formed; the teeth, well disposed, were white; and the chin was square and the neck long, his shoulders were broad

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “boca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “boca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “boca”, 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), “boca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “boca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “boca”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Etymology

Borrowed from English voucher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bóː.t͡ʃàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bóː.t͡ʃàː]

Noun

bōcā̀ f (plural bōcōcī, possessed form bōcàr̃)

1. financial voucher

Noun

boca f (Hebrew spelling בוקה)

1. Alternative spelling of boka
   • 1973, Annual‎, volumes 8-10, page 176:

     El bostejo va de boca en boca, como el pašarico de oja en oja.

     Yawning goes from mouth to mouth like the bird from bough to bough.

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buko/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

1. (anatomy) mouth

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboː.kɑ/

Noun

bōca

1. genitive plural of bōc

Etymology

From Latin bucca (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboka/

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

1. mouth
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 34r. b.

     Todos aq̃llos / q̃ nõ fincaron los ynojos / ala ydola e todas las bocas q̃ / la no beſaron […]

     All those who did not kneel their knees before the idol and all the mouths that did not kiss her […]

   • Idem, f. 42r. a.

     dixo el ppħa lo q̃ el criador puſie / re em mi boca eſſo fablare […]

     The prophet said: "that which the creator puts in my mouth, that is what I shall speak."

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca, of Celtic origin.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “boca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “boca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan bozza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôt͡sa/
• Hyphenation: bo‧ca

Noun

bȍca f (Cyrillic spelling бо̏ца)

1. bottle

   Synonym: flaša

2. tank (diving cylinder, gas cylinder)

Further reading

• “boca”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish boca, from Latin bucca (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboka/ [ˈbo.ka]

• Audio (Latin America):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: bo‧ca

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

1. (anatomy) mouth, oral cavity

   Synonyms: (colloquial) pico, (pejorative) hocico

2. entrance, opening

   Synonym: entrada

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 189:

     Las cocineras, para evitar que el Demonio eche a perder la comida, hacen la señal de la cruz sobre la boca de la olla.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2019 May 9, María Belén Etchenique, “Radiografía del subte: una red que crece a paso lento pero suma 200 pasajeros por día”, in El Clarín (Argentina)‎:

     De lunes a viernes, Buenos Aires se llena y vacía a través de sus bocas de subte.

     From Monday to Friday, Buenos Aires is filled and emptied through its metro entrances.

3. estuary

   Synonyms: estero, estuario