boça

See also: boca, Boca, and bóca

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish boza, probably from Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -osɐ
• Hyphenation: bo‧ça

Noun

boça f (plural boças)

1. (nautical) cable (cable fixed to a hook on the bow, which is used to tie a vessel)

Further reading

• “boça”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “boça”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024