boca floja
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Literally, “loose mouth”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌboka ˈfloxa/ [ˌbo.ka ˈflo.xa]
- Syllabification: bo‧ca flo‧ja
Adjective
boca floja m or f (masculine and feminine plural boca floja or (less common) bocas flojas)
- (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador) indiscreet
Noun
boca floja m or f by sense (plural boca floja or (less common) bocas flojas)
- (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador) an indiscreet person
Further reading
- “boca floja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “boca”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010