bolota

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Portuguese

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 bolota on Portuguese Wikipedia
bolota

Etymology

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From Arabic بَلُّوطَة (ballūṭa), perhaps from Ancient Greek βαλανωτή (balanōtḗ), "acorn shaped". Compare Galician belota and Spanish bellota.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
  • Hyphenation: bo‧lo‧ta

Noun

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bolota f (plural bolotas)

  1. acorn (fruit of the oak tree)
    Synonyms: glande, lande
  2. a small ball
    Synonym: bolinha
  3. a small, rigid, round object
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