boca

Meaning

mouth

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈboka/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: bucca

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca.

Sentences

Quen ten boca vai a Roma .

He who has a mouth goes to Rome.

O perfil da cabeza baixa de súpeto desde os ollos á boca .

The head profile drops suddenly from the eyes to the mouth.

E daquela viráronme, deixándome boca arriba, ollando os fociños do alcaide.

And then they turned around, leaving me face up, looking at the nozzles of the alcaide.

Logo rodáronme como se fose un toro e deixáronme tombado boca arriba.

Then they rolled me like a bull and dropped me upside down.