boca

== Aragonese == === Etymology === From Latin bucca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboka/ Syllabification: bo‧ca Rhymes: -oka === Noun === boca f (plural bocas) (anatomy) mouth == Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin bucca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboka/ [ˈbo.ka] Rhymes: -oka Syllabification: bo‧ca === Noun === boca f (plural boques) (anatomy) mouth == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin bucca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈbu.kə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈbo.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbo.ka] Rhymes: -oka Hyphenation: bo‧ca === Noun === boca f (plural boques) (anatomy) mouth ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “boca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “boca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “boca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “boca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish boca (“mouth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboka/, [ˈbo.ka] Hyphenation: bo‧ca === Noun === boca mouth == Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboka/ [ˈbo.kɐ] Rhymes: -oka Hyphenation: bo‧ca === Noun === boca f (plural bocas) (anatomy) mouth ==== Derived terms ==== ceo da boca === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “boca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “boca”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (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, 2012–2026 == Hausa == === 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) financial voucher == Ladino == === Noun === boca f (Hebrew spelling בוקה) alternative spelling of boka == Occitan == === Etymology === From Old Occitan, from Latin bucca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buko/ === Noun === boca f (plural bocas) (anatomy) mouth == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboː.kɑ/ Rhymes: -oː.kɑ === Noun === bōca genitive plural of bōc == Old Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin bucca (“cheek”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboka/ === Noun === boca f (plural bocas) mouth ==== Descendants ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca, of Celtic origin. ==== Alternative forms ==== bôca (pre-reform spelling) bocca (pre-standardization spelling) ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -okɐ Hyphenation: bo‧ca ==== Noun ==== boca f (plural bocas) (anatomy) mouth (the opening of a creature through which food is ingested) mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water) brim (of a bottle or any other container) Synonym: bocal Encha até a boca ― Fill it up to the brim burner, ring (of a stove) (Brazil, slang) illegal drug shop Synonyms: biqueira, bocada, bica ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Guinea-Bissau Creole: boka Kabuverdianu: bóka Kristang: boka === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -ɔkɐ Hyphenation: bo‧ca ==== Verb ==== boca inflection of bocar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “boca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “boca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “boca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “boca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Venetan bozza. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bôt͡sa/ Hyphenation: bo‧ca === Noun === bȍca f (Cyrillic spelling бо̏ца) bottle Synonym: flaša tank (diving cylinder, gas cylinder) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “boca”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish boca, from Latin bucca (“cheek”). Perhaps cognate with English beak. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboka/ [ˈbo.ka] Rhymes: -oka Syllabification: bo‧ca === Noun === boca f (plural bocas) (anatomy) mouth, oral cavity Synonyms: (colloquial) pico, (derogatory) hocico entrance, opening Synonym: entrada estuary Synonyms: estero, estuario ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “boca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025