buco

See also: bucò, bućo, bučo, and buço

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ko/
• Rhymes: -uko
• Hyphenation: bù‧co

Etymology 1

From the verb bucare, from buca, or from either Old Frankish *būk (“cavity, stomach”) or Gothic *𐌱𐌿𐌺𐍃 (*būks), both from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, torso”). Compare Occitan/Catalan buc ("torso; cow's chest"). More at bouk.

Noun

buco m (plural buchi)

1. hole
   • 1911, Grazia Deledda, I giuochi della vita, Fratelli Treves, published 1920, page 90:

     Cumpanzeddu camminava, povera bestia, ma oramai le sue zampe non lasciavano che buchi bianchi sulla neve bianca.

     Cumpanzeddu was walking, that poor animal, but by now his hooves were only leaving white holes in the white snow.

   • 1984, Stefano Benni, Stranalandia, Feltrinelli, published 2015, page 103:

     [Il gufo] s’è fatto un occhio nero nel tentativo di centrare, volando al buio un po’ alticcio, il buco nell’albero dove abita.

     [The owl] got a black eye when, while flying a bit tispy in the dark, it aimed for the tree hole in which it lives.

2. gap
3. aperture
4. hovel
5. (vulgar, derogatory, slang) a male homosexual

Related terms

• buca
• bucare
• bucato
• bucherellare
• buco dell'ozono
• buco nero
• osso buco
• buchetta (see Wikipedia:Buchetta shop)

Etymology 2

Verb

buco

1. first-person singular present indicative of bucare

Anagrams

• cubo

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuko]

Noun

buco f

1. vocative singular of bucă

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• bȕcko

Etymology

From bȕcmast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǔːt͡so/
• Hyphenation: bu‧co

Noun

búco m (Cyrillic spelling бу́цо)

1. (colloquial) a plump boy

References

• “buco”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuko/ [ˈbu.ko]
• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: bu‧co

Noun

buco m (plural bucos)

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Further reading

• “buco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
• “buco” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010

Anagrams

• cubo