blusa

blusa

See also: blusā

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish blusa.

Noun

blusa

1. blouse

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French blouse.

Noun

blusa f (plural bluse)

1. blouse
2. smock (of a painter)
3. overall (of a worker)

Descendants

• → Hijazi Arabic: بلوزة‎ (blūza, bulūza, bilūza)

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Latvian

Blusa

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [blusa]

Noun

blusa f (4th declension)

1. flea (various small, wingless bloodsucking parasites of order Siphonaptera, famous for their ability to jump)

   blusas kodiens ― flea bite

   cilvēka blusa ― human flea

   ķert blusas ― to catch fleas

   uz netīras ādas parazitē blusas, kas izplata infekciju slimības ― dirty skin is parasitized by fleas which spread infectious diseases

Declension

Declension of blusa (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	blusa	blusas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	blusu	blusas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	blusas	blusu
dative (datīvs)	blusai	blusām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	blusu	blusām
locative (lokatīvs)	blusā	blusās
vocative (vokatīvs)	blusa	blusas

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “blusa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.

Noun

blusà f stress pattern 2

1. flea

Declension

Declension of blusa

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	blusa	blusos
genitive (kilmininkas)	blusos	blusų
dative (naudininkas)	blusai	blusoms
accusative (galininkas)	blusą	blusas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	blusa	blusomis
locative (vietininkas)	blusoje	blusose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	blusa	blusos

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• blusen

Noun

blusa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of bluse

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• blusen

Noun

blusa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of bluse

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French blouse.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblu.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: blu‧sa

Noun

blusa f (plural blusas)

1. blouse (women's upper garment)
2. (obsolete) smock (men's large workshirt)
3. (Brazil) any type of informal or social coat

   Synonym: agasalho

Usage notes

• (sense 1) Usually means a short-sleeved or sleeveless top without collar or buttons, generally elegant. The term for a button-up dress shirt is camisa.

References

1. “blusa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

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Spanish

Etymology

From French blouse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblusa/ [ˈblu.sa]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: blu‧sa

Noun

blusa f (plural blusas)

1. blouse

Derived terms

• blusón

Descendants

• → Tagalog: blusa

Further reading

• “blusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish blusa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: blu‧sa
• IPA^(key): /ˈblusa/, [ˈblu.sɐ]

Noun

blusa

1. blouse

   Synonym: (colloquial) pang-itaas

Derived terms

• magblusa