basura

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura, from Vulgar Latin *versūra, from verrō (“I sweep”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧su‧ra

Noun

basura

1. garbage; useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind

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Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Noun

basura

1. garbage, refuse, waste, rubbish, trash

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Masbatenyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Noun

basurà

1. garbage; trash

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *versūra, from verrō (“I sweep”). There is no connection with the homonymous Classical Latin versūra (“refinancing”, noun) which derives from vertō (“I turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈsuɾa/ [baˈsu.ɾa]

Noun

basura f (plural basuras)

1. trash, waste, garbage, rubbish, nonsense

   Synonym: desecho

2. something trashy or undesirable

Derived terms

• bote de basura (“trash can”) (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua)
• caneca de basura (“garbage can”) (Colombia)
• cesto de basura
• comida basura
• contenedor de basura (“trash can”) (Venezuela)
• correo basura
• cubo de basura (“trash can”) (Spain)
• latón de basura (“trash can”) (Cuba)
• pipote de basura (“garbage can”) (Venezuela)
• tacho de basura (“trash can”) (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay)
• tarro de basura (“trash can”) (Colombia)
• tinaco de basura (“garbage can”) (Panama)
• tirar basura (“to litter”)

 

Related terms

• barrer
• basural
• basurero

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: basura
• → Hiligaynon: basura
• → Masbatenyo: basura
• → Tagalog: basura

Further reading

• “basura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Noun

basura

1. garbage; trash

Derived terms

• basurahan