bolota

Portuguese

bolota

Etymology

From Arabic بَلُّوطَة (ballūṭa), perhaps from Ancient Greek βαλανωτή (balanōtḗ), "acorn shaped". Compare Galician belota and Spanish bellota.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈlɔ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈlɔ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈlɔ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈlɔ.tɐ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Hyphenation: bo‧lo‧ta

Noun

bolota f (plural bolotas)

1. acorn (fruit of the oak tree)

   Synonyms: glande, lande

2. a small ball

   Synonym: bolinha

3. a small, rigid, round object

See also

• carvalho

Further reading

• “bolota”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bolota”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026