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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

bolo.

cake

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbo.lu/Brazil/ˈbo.lu/Portugal
  1. cake dessert made with dough and sugar; common in celebrations

    masculine
  2. cake any of various snacks made with dough, both sweet and salty

    masculine
  3. bunch, heap, mass (load of some material or of beings)

    masculine
  4. prize, reward

    masculine
  5. something said or done to mislead or deceive

    Brazil · masculine
  6. disarray, disorder chaos

    Brazil · masculine
  7. the act of standing someone up (missing an appointment)

    Brazil · masculine · slang
  8. group bet

    Brazil · masculine · slang
  9. group bet money collected from such a bet

    Brazil · masculine · slang
  10. a type of multiple bet placed on a set of results

    masculine
  11. a mass rolled into a ball

    Brazil · masculine · slang
  12. horde (of people)

    Brazil · masculine · slang
  13. sticky situation

    Brazil · masculine · slang
  14. stack, pile

    Brazil · masculine · slang
  15. beating, spanking (with a paddle)

    Brazil · masculine · slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Old Occitan bollabor. Old Galician-Portuguese bola? Old Galician-Portuguese bollo Portuguese bolo Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bollo, of unknown origin but traditionally associated with bola (“round seal”).

verb/ˈbɔ.lu/Brazil/ˈbɔ.lu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of bolar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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