bolsear
التعريفات والمعاني
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From bolsa (“bag, purse”) + -ear.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bolseˈaɾ/ [bol.seˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: bol‧se‧ar
=== Verb ===
bolsear (first-person singular present bolseo, first-person singular preterite bolseé, past participle bolseado)
(colloquial, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) to pickpocket
Synonym: carterear
(colloquial, Chile) to sponge, scrounge, mooch
Synonyms: cafichear, gorronear
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“bolsear”, 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
“bolsear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010