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boyo
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??.??/
- Rhymes: -????
Noun
boyo (plural boyos)
- (Ireland) A boy or lad.
- (sometimes derogatory) A stereotypically Welsh form of address for a man, usually younger than the speaker.
Usage notes
(form of address for a man): When used to address a Welshman by a non-Welshman this can be (perceived as) derogatory or patronising; use by obviously Welsh people to anyone is rarely derogatory but may still be patronising, especially if used to address someone older than oneself.
Anagrams
- yobo
Javanese
Noun
boyo
- Nonstandard spelling of baya.
Ladino
Alternative forms
- boyos
- boyoz
Etymology
From Old Spanish bollo, from Latin bulla.
Noun
boyo m (Latin spelling)
- a stuffed salted pastry
Derived terms
- boyiko
Spanish
Verb
boyo
- First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of boyar.
Sranan Tongo
Noun
boyo
- a sweet cake made of grated cassava (manioc) and cocos
Coordinate terms
- dokun
boyo From the web:
bobo
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bo?bo?/
Etymology 1
Blend of bourgeois +? bohemian, popularized by David Brooks to describe the 1990s equivalent of the yuppie.
Noun
bobo (plural bobos)
- A materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona.
- A self-styled bodyguard or groupie of the nouveau riche (such as a professional athlete or musician)
- An imitation of something, particularly a well known product, usually lower in quality than the original.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French bobo (“boo-boo”).
Noun
bobo (plural bobos)
- (Louisiana, Montreal) A boo-boo (minor injury)
See also
- Bobo doll
References
Anagrams
- boob, obbo
Albanian
Alternative forms
- obobo
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /b?.b?/
Interjection
bobo
- alas (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
See also
- kúkú
- mos
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bo?.bo?/
- Hyphenation: bo?bo
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sranan Tongo bobo, from Portuguese bobo or alternatively Spanish bobo.
Noun
bobo m (plural bobo's)
- (Suriname) sucker, fool
- Synonyms: domkop, sufferd, sukkel
Etymology 2
Shortening of bondsbons. Said to be coined by Joop Niezen in 1978. Popularised in 1988 by Ruud Gullit, whose usage was likely influenced by etymology 1.
Noun
bobo m (plural bobo's)
- (Netherlands) football bigwig [from late 1970s or early 1980s]
- 1983 November 10, M.H., "Bobo's", Nieuwsblad van het Noorden , vol. 96, no. 265, page 19.
- 1983 November 10, M.H., "Bobo's", Nieuwsblad van het Noorden , vol. 96, no. 265, page 19.
- (Netherlands, by extension) any bigwig [from late 1980s]
References
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bo.bo/
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
bobo m (plural bobos)
- (childish) boo-boo (pain or injury)
Etymology 2
Blend of bourgeois +? bohème.
Noun
bobo m or f (plural bobos)
- bobo, boho
Further reading
- “bobo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hiligaynon
Verb
bóbó or bôbô
- pour out or over
Verb
bóbo
- baptism without ceremony
Polabian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bàba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??b?/
- IPA(key): /?b?b?/
Noun
bobo f
- grandmother
- old woman
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bo.bu/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): [?bo.?u]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): [?bo.bu]
- Hyphenation: bo?bo
Adjective
bobo m (feminine singular boba, masculine plural bobos, feminine plural bobas, comparable)
- (Brazil) silly, stupid
- (Brazil) naive
Synonyms
- (stupid): See here
Noun
bobo m (plural bobos)
- (historical) jester (person who amused a medieval court)
- Synonym: bobo da corte
- (chiefly Brazil) a stupid or naive person; a fool.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool/translations
Derived terms
- bobagem (“nonsense”)
- bobo da corte
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin balbus (“stuttering”), influenced by sound symbolism.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bobo/, [?bo.??o]
Adjective
bobo (feminine boba, masculine plural bobos, feminine plural bobas)
- stupid, silly, naive
- Synonym: tonto
Derived terms
Noun
bobo m (plural bobos)
- a stupid or naive person; a fool
Further reading
- “bobo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From Portuguese bobo.
Noun
bobo
- dolt, dweeb, wimp
Adjective
bobo
- doltish, sluggish
Verb
bobo
- to behave like a dolt
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bubo
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bobo/
Noun
bobo
- (vulgar, informal, derogatory) fool; idiot; simpleton
Adjective
bobo
- stupid; idiotic
Derived terms
See also
- consuelo de bobo
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