bucal

See also: buçal

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈkaw/ [buˈkaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈkal/ [buˈkaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈkal/ [buˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈka.li/

• Homophones: bocal (Portugal), vocal (Porto)
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: bu‧cal

Adjective

bucal m or f (plural bucais)

1. buccal
2. oral

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French buccal.

Adjective

bucal m or n (feminine singular bucală, masculine plural bucali, feminine/neuter plural bucale)

1. buccal

Declension

Declension of bucal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	bucal		bucală	bucali	bucale
	definite	bucalul		bucala	bucalii	bucalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	bucal		bucale	bucali	bucale
	definite	bucalului		bucalei	bucalilor	bucalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈkal/ [buˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: bu‧cal

Adjective

bucal m or f (masculine and feminine plural bucales)

1. buccal
2. oral

Derived terms

• enjuague bucal

Further reading

• “bucal”, 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