bolsa

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bolsa (literally “purse”).

Noun

bolsa (plural bolsas)

  1. (historical, Spanish America and Philippines) An exchange for the transaction of business.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish bolsa, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "LL" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., from the Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”). A corrected form of bulsa, with the letter o retained.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bol‧sa

Noun

bolsa

  1. a pocket; a small bag inside a garment for carrying small items
  2. (obsolete) a sack; a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee
  3. (historical) a bolsa

Verb

bolsa

  1. to put something into a pocket
  2. to take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bolsa.

Italian

Adjective

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  1. feminine singular of bolso

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese bolsa.

Noun

bolsa

  1. bag
  2. grant, scholarship

References

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "LL" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF..

Noun

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  1. bag

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bolssa, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈboɫ.sɐ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈbow.sɐ/
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Caipira" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈboɻ.sɐ/

Noun

bolsa f (plural s)

  1. stock exchange (building and the associated organization)
  2. (chiefly Brazil) purse, handbag, bag
  3. grant, scholarship (for scientific research)

Synonyms

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”). Cognate with English bourse, burse and purse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbolsa/ [ˈbol.sa]

Noun

bolsa f (plural bolsas)

  1. bag
  2. coin purse
  3. purse, handbag
  4. (finance) stock exchange
  5. pouch (of marsupials)
  6. (Mexico, Central America, Philippines) pocket (in clothing)

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Descendants

  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: puxajtli̱

References

Anagrams

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