bocexar

Galician

Alternative forms

• bocear

Etymology

From old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese bucigiar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from the blend of Latin bucca (“mouth”) and *oscitiare, from oscitare. Cognate with Portuguese bocejar, Asturian bociar and Spanish bostezar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /boθeˈʃaɾ/ [bo.θeˈʃaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /boθeˈʃaɾ/ [bo.θeˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /boseˈʃaɾ/ [bo.seˈʃaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: bo‧ce‧xar

Verb

bocexar (first-person singular present bocexo, first-person singular preterite bocexei, past participle bocexado)

1. yawn (open the mouth and take a deep breath)
   • 1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 28:

     'Et rroçiou cõ ellas cada vez os cabelos da cabeça et fazia cada vez cõmo quẽ buçija

     and sprayed with them the hairs of the head, and in each occasion he did as who yawns

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bocexar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bocexar
Personal	bocexar	bocexares	bocexar	bocexarmos	bocexardes	bocexaren
Gerund
	bocexando
Past participle
Masculine	bocexado			bocexados
Feminine	bocexada			bocexadas
Indicative
Present	bocexo	bocexas	bocexa	bocexamos	bocexades	bocexan
Imperfect	bocexaba	bocexabas	bocexaba	bocexabamos	bocexabades	bocexaban
Preterite	bocexei	bocexaches	bocexou	bocexamos	bocexastes	bocexaron
Pluperfect	bocexara	bocexaras	bocexara	bocexaramos	bocexarades	bocexaran
Future	bocexarei	bocexarás	bocexará	bocexaremos	bocexaredes	bocexarán
Conditional	bocexaría	bocexarías	bocexaría	bocexariamos	bocexariades	bocexarían
Subjunctive
Present	bocexe	bocexes	bocexe	bocexemos	bocexedes	bocexen
Imperfect	bocexase	bocexases	bocexase	bocexásemos	bocexásedes	bocexasen
Future	bocexar	bocexares	bocexar	bocexarmos	bocexardes	bocexaren
Imperative
Affirmative		bocexa	bocexe	bocexemos	bocexade	bocexen
Negative (non)		non bocexes	non bocexe	non bocexemos	non bocexedes	non bocexen

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “bocejar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “bucij”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bocexar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bocexar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bocexar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN