bola

Noun

1. (feminine) ball, sphere, round object
2. (feminine) ball
3. (feminine) fat person
4. (feminine, in-plural, slang) testicle
5. (colloquial, feminine) football, soccer

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of bolar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of bolar:

bolar

• Verb
• Adj

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɔ.lɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Provençal: bola

Cognate with English: bowl

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bola, borrowed from Old Occitan bolla, from Vulgar Latin *bolla, from a merger of Latin bulla with Frankish *bollā (compare English bowl). Doublet of bula and bolha.

Concepts

ball

sphere

football

🏈

bowl

globe

clod

marble

lump

soccer ball

chunk

soccer

⚽

bowling ball

rugby league

ninepin ball

skittle ball

soccerball

Australian rules football

ballpark frank

balloon

🎈

boule

bullet

clump

glob

gobbet

hunk

orb

pellet

Synonyms

esfera

globo

orbe

torrão

futebol

🏈

balão

🎈

bola de futebol

grupo

bala

Esfera

bolla

futebol americano

globo terrestre

projéctil

seringa

💉

pelota

berlinde

Sentences

Crianças correm para uma bola de futebol durante um jogo .

Children run into a soccer ball during a game.

Um jogador de futebol se prepara para lançar a bola .

A football player prepares to throw the ball.

Dois cães preto e branco que jogam com uma bola .

Two black and white dogs that play with a ball.

Dois jogadores de basquete , brigando por cima da bola .

Two basketball players, fighting over the ball.

Um menino dribla uma bola de basquete no ginásio .

A boy dribbles a basketball in the gym.

Um homem vestido de branco , servindo uma bola de tênis .

A man dressed in white, serving a tennis ball.