blusa

See also: blusā

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish blusa.

Noun

blusa

  1. blouse

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French blouse.

Noun

blusa f (plural bluse)

  1. blouse
  2. smock (of a painter)
  3. overall (of a worker)

Descendants

  • Hijazi Arabic: بلوزة (blūza, bulūza, bilūza)

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈblusːa]

Noun

blusa f (4th declension)

  1. flea (various small, wingless bloodsucking parasites of order Siphonaptera, famous for their ability to jump)
    blusas kodiensflea bite
    cilvēka blusahuman flea
    ķert blusasto catch fleas
    uz netīras ādas parazitē blusas, kas izplata infekciju slimībasdirty skin is parasitized by fleas which spread infectious diseases

Declension

Declension of blusa (4th declension)
singular plural
nominative blusa blusas
genitive blusas blusu
dative blusai blusām
accusative blusu blusas
instrumental blusu blusām
locative blusā blusās
vocative blusa blusas

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “blusa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.

Noun

blusà f stress pattern 2

  1. flea

Declension

Declension of blusà
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) blusà blùsos
genitive (kilmininkas) blùsos blùsų
dative (naudininkas) blùsai blùsoms
accusative (galininkas) blùsą blusàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) blusà blùsomis
locative (vietininkas) blùsoje blùsose
vocative (šauksmininkas) blùsa blùsos

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

blusa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of bluse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

blusa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of bluse

Old Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blus-, probably related to *blasį̄ (blaze).

Cognate of Danish blusse, Middle Low German blosen, Dutch blozen. Compare Old English blyscan, āblysian, English blush.

Verb

blusa

  1. flare, blaze

Conjugation

Conjugation of blusa (weak)
present past
infinitive blusa
participle blusandi, -e blusaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk blusar blusi, -e blusaþi, -e blusaþi, -e
þū blusar blusi, -e blusa blusaþi, -e blusaþi, -e
han blusar blusi, -e blusaþi, -e blusaþi, -e
vīr blusum, -om blusum, -om blusum, -om blusaþum, -om blusaþum, -om
īr blusin blusin blusin blusaþin blusaþin
þēr blusa blusin blusaþu, -o blusaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk
þū
han
vīr
īr
þēr

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French blouse.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblu.zɐ/

  • Hyphenation: blu‧sa

Noun

blusa f (plural blusas)

  1. blouse (women's upper garment)
  2. (obsolete) smock (men's large workshirt)
  3. (Brazil) any type of informal or social coat
    Synonym: agasalho

Usage notes

  • (sense 1) Usually means a short-sleeved or sleeveless top without collar or buttons, generally elegant. The term for a button-up dress shirt is camisa.

References

  1. ^ blusa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French blouse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblusa/ [ˈblu.sa]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -usa
  • Syllabification: blu‧sa

Noun

blusa f (plural blusas)

  1. blouse

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish blusa.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈblusa/ [ˈbluː.sɐ]
  • Rhymes: -usa
  • Syllabification: blu‧sa

Noun

blusa (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜎᜓᜐ)

  1. blouse
    Synonym: (colloquial) pang-itaas

Derived terms

  • magblusa

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