bullo

See also: bulló and Bullo

Catalan

Verb

bullo

1. first-person singular present indicative of bullir

Galician

Alternative forms

• bulho (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɟo/ [ˈbu.ɟʊ]
• Rhymes: -uɟo
• Hyphenation: bu‧llo

Etymology 1

From bagullo, from baga (“grape, berry”).

Noun

bullo m (plural bullos)

1. pomace

   Synonyms: bagaño, bagazo

2. cud

   Synonyms: gaspallo, remoallo, rumiallo

Etymology 2

From abullar.

Noun

bullo m (plural bullos)

1. (geography) muddy well, spring or puddle

   Synonyms: bulleiro, lamazal, lameiro, trollo

Derived terms

• bulleiro

Etymology 3

Verb

bullo

1. first-person singular present indicative of bullar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bulloó”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “bullo”, 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), “bullo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bullo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bul‧ló
• IPA^(key): /bulˈlu/, [bʊlˈlo]

Noun

bulló

1. dislocation
2. dismemberment

Derived terms

• mabullo
• nablo

Italian

Etymology

From Middle High German buole (“friend”). Compare German Buhle and English bully.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbul.lo/
• Rhymes: -ullo
• Hyphenation: bùl‧lo

Noun

bullo m (plural bulli)

1. tough, tough guy, bully, guy
2. (historical, Romanesco) an unofficial and often illegal protector similar to a petty not-strictly-ruling gangster godfather acting in person (since, both for bulli and regular people, getting in touch with the police was most of time inconvenient)

Derived terms

• bullismo

Further reading

• bullo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.?

Latin bulla

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin bullō

From bulla + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbʊl.loː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbul.lo]

Verb

bullō (present infinitive bullāre, perfect active bullāvī, supine bullātum); first conjugation

1. to bubble, boil, effervesce

Conjugation

   Conjugation of bullō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	bullō		bullās		bullat		bullāmus		bullātis		bullant
	imperfect	bullābam		bullābās		bullābat		bullābāmus		bullābātis		bullābant
	future	bullābō		bullābis		bullābit		bullābimus		bullābitis		bullābunt
	perfect	bullāvī		bullāvistī		bullāvit		bullāvimus		bullāvistis		bullāvērunt, bullāvēre
	pluperfect	bullāveram		bullāverās		bullāverat		bullāverāmus		bullāverātis		bullāverant
	future perfect	bullāverō		bullāveris		bullāverit		bullāverimus		bullāveritis		bullāverint
passive	present	bullor		bullāris, bullāre		bullātur		bullāmur		bullāminī		bullantur
	imperfect	bullābar		bullābāris, bullābāre		bullābātur		bullābāmur		bullābāminī		bullābantur
	future	bullābor		bullāberis, bullābere		bullābitur		bullābimur		bullābiminī		bullābuntur
	perfect	bullātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	bullātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	bullātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	bullem		bullēs		bullet		bullēmus		bullētis		bullent
	imperfect	bullārem		bullārēs		bullāret		bullārēmus		bullārētis		bullārent
	perfect	bullāverim		bullāverīs		bullāverit		bullāverīmus		bullāverītis		bullāverint
	pluperfect	bullāvissem		bullāvissēs		bullāvisset		bullāvissēmus		bullāvissētis		bullāvissent
passive	present	buller		bullēris, bullēre		bullētur		bullēmur		bullēminī		bullentur
	imperfect	bullārer		bullārēris, bullārēre		bullārētur		bullārēmur		bullārēminī		bullārentur
	perfect	bullātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	bullātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		bullā		—		—		bullāte		—
	future	—		bullātō		bullātō		—		bullātōte		bullantō
passive	present	—		bullāre		—		—		bullāminī		—
	future	—		bullātor		bullātor		—		—		bullantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		bullāre			bullārī			bullāns			—
future		bullātūrum esse			bullātum īrī			bullātūrus			bullandus
perfect		bullāvisse			bullātum esse			—			bullātus
future perfect		—			bullātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		bullātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		bullandī		bullandō		bullandum		bullandō		bullātum		bullātū

Related terms

• bulla
• bulliō

References

• “bullo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "bullo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “bullo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

bullo

1. first-person singular present indicative of bullir