bostezar

Ultimately from Latin ōscitāre (“to yawn, to gape”). Compare English oscitate. Initial b- probably from mixing with boca (“mouth”).

• IPA^(key): /bosteˈθaɾ/ [bos.t̪eˈθaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /bosteˈsaɾ/ [bos.t̪eˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bos‧te‧zar

bostezar (first-person singular present bostezo, first-person singular preterite bostecé, past participle bostezado)

1. (intransitive) to yawn

• “bostezar”, 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