boliche
Asturian
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Noun
boliche m (plural boliches)
- marble
Portuguese
Etymology
From Spanish boliche.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈli.ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈli.ʃe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈli.ʃ(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: bo‧li‧che
Noun
boliche m (plural boliches)
- bowling (a game played by rolling a ball down an alley)
Descendants
- Hunsrik: Bolisch
Spanish
Etymology
From bola (“ball”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈlit͡ʃe/ [boˈli.t͡ʃe]
- Rhymes: -itʃe
- Syllabification: bo‧li‧che
Noun
boliche m (plural boliches)
- bowling
- (Mexico) bowling alley
- Synonym: bolera
- (Argentina) small store, small shop
- (Argentina) disco, club, nightclub
- Synonyms: discoteca, pub, antro
- (Spain) cup-and-ball
Derived terms
- bolichero
Descendants
- → Portuguese: boliche
- → Hunsrik: Bolisch
Further reading
- “boliche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014