bocina

See also: bociná

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈθina/ [boˈθi.na] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /boˈsina/ [boˈsi.na] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: bo‧ci‧na

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Late Latin būcina (“trumpet”), probably influenced by boca (“mouth”) or voz (“voice”) in Spanish. Cognate with French buisine (“medieval wind instrument”).

Noun

bocina f (plural bocinas)

1. horn (loud alarm, especially on a motor vehicle)

   Synonyms: (Spain) claxon, corneta, fotuto, pito

   tocar la bocina ― honk the horn

2. loudspeaker

   Synonyms: parlante, altavoz, bafle

3. (music) horn

   Synonym: cuerno

4. conch shell (used as a musical instrument)

   Synonym: caracola

Derived terms

• bocinazo

Related terms

• bocinar

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: busina
• → Cebuano: bosina
• → Pangasinan: busina
• → Tagalog: busina

Etymology 2

Verb

bocina

1. inflection of bocinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “bocina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025