bugia

See also: Bugia

Catalan

Etymology

From Bugia (“Béjaïa”), a port in Algeria from which wax for candlemaking was imported, from Arabic بِجَايَة (Bijāya), from Berber. The sense of "spark plug" is a semantic loan from French bougie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [buˈʒi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [buˈd͡ʒi.a]

Noun

bugia f (plural bugies)

1. (obsolete) candle

   Synonym: espelma

2. spark plug

   Synonym: bugia d'encesa

Further reading

• “bugia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Occitan bauzia, from Old Frankish *bausī (“deceit”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *bauscia (compare also Friulian bausie, Dalmatian bosca, Old French boisie), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“puffed up, arrogant, bad”). Cognate with Dutch boos, German böse, English boast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈd͡ʒi.a/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧gì‧a
• IPA^(key): /buˈʒi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

bugia f (plural bugie)

1. lie, untruth

   Synonyms: menzogna, falsità, fandonia, frottola

   dire bugie ― to tell lies

2. (chiefly in the plural, northern Italy, chiefly Piedmont) type of dessert in the form of fritters dusted with sugar, eaten during Carnival time; similar to angel wings

   Synonyms: (Tuscany) cencio, (Lombardy) chiacchiera, crostolo, (Venice) galano, (central Italy) frappa, (Sardinia) meraviglia

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bugia pietosa
• bugiardo (see there for further derivations)

• bugiare
• le bugie hanno le gambe corte

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bougie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈd͡ʒi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: bu‧gì‧a

Noun

bugia f (plural bugie)

1. candleholder

   Synonyms: candeliere, candelabro, portacandela

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.d͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -udʒa
• Hyphenation: bù‧gia

Adjective

bugia

1. feminine singular of bugio

Anagrams

• giuba