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English

Noun

kobo (plural kobos or kobo)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Nigerian naira.

Anagrams

• Boko, Koob, boko, book, bòkò

Principense

Etymology

From Portuguese cobra (“snake”), from Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?.b?]

Noun

kobo

1. snake, serpent

References

• “kobo” in 2012, Vanessa Pinheiro de Araújo, Um Dicionário Principense-Português.

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ng??bò.

Noun

kobo 9 or 10 (plural dikobo)

1. blanket

Volapük

Adverb

kobo

1. together

Related terms

Waboda

Noun

kobo

1. water

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

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)

1. A materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona.
2. A self-styled bodyguard or groupie of the nouveau riche (such as a professional athlete or musician)
3. 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)

1. (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

1. 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)

1. (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)

1. (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.

2. (Netherlands, by extension) any bigwig [from late 1980s]

References

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo.bo/

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

bobo m (plural bobos)

1. (childish) boo-boo (pain or injury)

Etymology 2

Blend of bourgeois +? bohème.

Noun

bobo m or f (plural bobos)

1. bobo, boho

Further reading

• “bobo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hiligaynon

Verb

bóbó or bôbô

1. pour out or over

Verb

bóbo

1. baptism without ceremony

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bàba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??b?/
• IPA^(key): /?b?b?/

Noun

bobo f

1. grandmother
2. 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)

1. (Brazil) silly, stupid
2. (Brazil) naive

Synonyms

• (stupid): See here

Noun

bobo m (plural bobos)

1. (historical) jester (person who amused a medieval court)

   Synonym: bobo da corte

2. (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)

1. stupid, silly, naive

   Synonym: tonto

Derived terms

Noun

bobo m (plural bobos)

1. 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

1. dolt, dweeb, wimp

Adjective

bobo

1. doltish, sluggish

Verb

bobo

1. to behave like a dolt

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bubo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bobo/

Noun

bobo

1. (vulgar, informal, derogatory) fool; idiot; simpleton

Adjective

bobo

1. stupid; idiotic

Derived terms

See also

• consuelo de bobo