bola
Meaning
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- (feminine) ball, sphere, round object
- (feminine) ball
- (feminine) fat person
- (feminine,in-plural,slang) testicle
- (colloquial,feminine) football, soccer
Frequency
Hyphenated as
bo‧la
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɔ.lɐ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan bola, from Vulgar Latin *bolla, from a merger of Latin bulla with Frankish *bollā (compare English bowl). Doublet of bula and bolha.
New
bolar
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- (intransitive) to strike or hit with a ball
- (intransitive) to shape into a ball
- (Brazil,informal,transitive) to elaborate, to plan, to devise, to invent
- (Brazil,informal,intransitive) to figure out, to understand
- (Brazil,informal,intransitive) to be successful
- (Brazil,intransitive,slang) to roll (a joint)
- (Portugal) to serve
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