bolos
English
Noun
bolos
- plural of bolo
Anagrams
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbolos/
Verb
bolos
- future of boli
French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ.lɔs/
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Noun
bolos m (plural bolos) (neologism, slang, derogatory)
- black market customer; customer to a drug dealer
- a person that can be scammed or ripped off
- a lame person, a fool
Further reading
- Mais d'où vient le mot «boloss» ? in Le Figaro
- Fiévet, A. & Podhorná-Polická, A. (2009). Quand un nouveau mot devient identitaire pour les jeunes : le cas de « bolos ». Adolescence, t. 27 4(4), 931-940. doi:10.3917/ado.070.0931.
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbɔlɔs/ [ˈbɔ.lɔs]
- Rhymes: -ɔlɔs
- Syllabification: bo‧los
Etymology 1
Verb
bolos
- nonstandard form of bulus
Etymology 2
Verb
bolos
Derived terms
- membolos
- pembolos
Further reading
- “bolos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbo.lus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈbo.luʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbo.los/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbo.luʃ/
Noun
bolos m pl
- plural of bolo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbolos/ [ˈbo.los]
- Rhymes: -olos
- Syllabification: bo‧los
Noun
bolos m pl (plural only)
Adjective
bolos m pl
- masculine plural of bolo
Noun
bolos m pl
- plural of bolo