buco

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ko/
• Rhymes: -uko
• Hyphenation: bù‧co

From the verb bucare, from buca, or from either Old Frankish *būk (“cavity, stomach”) or Gothic *𐌱𐌿𐌺𐍃 (*būks), both from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, torso”). Compare Occitan/Catalan buc ("torso; cow's chest"). More at bouk.

buco m (plural buchi)

1. hole
   • 1911, Grazia Deledda, I giuochi della vita, Fratelli Treves, published 1920, page 90:

     Cumpanzeddu camminava, povera bestia, ma oramai le sue zampe non lasciavano che buchi bianchi sulla neve bianca.

     Cumpanzeddu was walking, that poor animal, but by now his hooves were only leaving white holes in the white snow.

   • 1984, Stefano Benni, Stranalandia, Feltrinelli, published 2015, page 103:

     [Il gufo] s’è fatto un occhio nero nel tentativo di centrare, volando al buio un po’ alticcio, il buco nell’albero dove abita.

     [The owl] got a black eye when, while flying a bit tispy in the dark, it aimed for the tree hole in which it lives.

2. gap
3. aperture
4. hovel
5. (vulgar, derogatory, slang) a male homosexual

buco

1. first-person singular present indicative of bucare

• cubo

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuko]

buco f

1. vocative singular of bucă

• bȕcko

From bȕcmast.

• IPA^(key): /bǔːt͡so/
• Hyphenation: bu‧co

búco m anim (Cyrillic spelling бу́цо)

1. (colloquial) a plump boy

• “buco”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuko/ [ˈbu.ko]
• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: bu‧co

buco m (plural bucos)

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• “buco”, 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
• “buco”, 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

• cubo