basura

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈsuɾa/ [baˈsu.ɾa]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧su‧ra

Noun

basúra (Basahan spelling ᜊᜐᜓᜍ)

  1. garbage; waste; rubbish; trash
    Synonym: ramog

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈsuɾa/ [bɐˈs̪u.ɾ̪ɐ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧su‧ra

Noun

basúra (Badlit spelling ᜊᜐᜓᜇ)

  1. garbage; useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind
    Synonyms: sagbot, yagit

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Noun

basura

  1. garbage, refuse, waste, rubbish, trash

Ibanag

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Noun

basura

  1. garbage; trash

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Noun

basura

  1. garbage; trash
    Synonyms: higko, ati

Derived terms

Pangasinan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Noun

basura

  1. garbage; trash

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish vassura, from Vulgar Latin *versūra, ultimately derived from Latin verrō (sweep). Unrelated to Latin versūra (refinancing), which derives from vertō (turn).

Compare typologically Proto-Slavic *sъmetь, *sъmetьje (whence Polish śmieć, Serbo-Croatian смеће), akin to *mesti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈsuɾa/ [baˈsu.ɾa]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: ba‧su‧ra

Noun

basura f (plural basuras)

  1. trash, waste, garbage, rubbish, nonsense
    Synonym: desecho
  2. something trashy or undesirable
    Synonym: mierda

Derived terms

  • bote de basura (trash can) (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua)
  • caneca de basura (trash can) (Colombia)
  • cesto de basura
  • comida basura
  • contenedor de basura (trash can) (Venezuela)
  • correo basura
  • cubo de basura (trash can) (Spain)
  • latón de basura (trash can) (Cuba)
  • pipote de basura (trash can) (Venezuela)
  • tacho de basura (trash can) (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay)
  • tarro de basura (trash can) (Colombia)
  • telebasura
  • tinaco de basura (trash can) (Panama)
  • tirar a basura (throw to the trash) (Cuba)
  • tirar basura (to litter)

Descendants

  • Chavacano: basura
  • Bikol Central: basura
  • Catalan: bassura
  • Cebuano: basura
  • Chamorro: basula
  • Hiligaynon: basura
  • Ibanag: basura
  • Ilocano: basura
  • Masbatenyo: basura
  • Tagalog: basura

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura (garbage), from Old Spanish vassura, from Vulgar Latin *versūra, ultimately derived from Latin verrō (sweep).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈsuɾa/ [bɐˈsuː.ɾɐ]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: ba‧su‧ra

Noun

basura (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜓᜇ)

  1. garbage; trash; rubbish; junk
    Synonyms: sukal, yagit
  2. (figurative) something useless; worthless; not needed; or of poor quality
    Synonym: walang kuwenta

Derived terms

Further reading

  • basura”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura.

Noun

basura

  1. garbage; trash