buga

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀah (“to spray water from the mouth”), from Proto-Austronesian *buʀəS.

• IPA^(key): /buˈɡa/ [buˈɡa]

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• Hyphenation: bu‧ga

bugá (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜄ)

1. spitting out a mouthful of water

From Old Norse buga, from Proto-Germanic *bukkōną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʏːɣa/
• Rhymes: -ʏːɣa

buga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bugaði, supine bugað)

1. to overcome, to defeat [with accusative]

From the oblique of Old Norse bogi.

• (Åre, Hallen, Ås) IPA^(key): [²bɔːɣɔ]
• (Häggenås) IPA^(key): [²bɞːɡɵ]
• (Marieby) IPA^(key): [²bɞ̞ːɡɵ]
• (Berg, Lockne, Revsund) IPA^(key): [²bɶːɡa]
• (Hackås) IPA^(key): [²boːɡa]
• (Ragunda) IPA^(key): [²bɔɡa]
• (Fors) IPA^(key): [²bɑɡa]

buga m

1. bow

• Bucht, Torsten. 1924. Äldre u ock o i kort stavelse i mellersta Norrland. p. 71.
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buga

1. inflection of bugar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɡa/ [ˈbu.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Syllabification: bu‧ga

Clipping of bugarrón.

buga m or f by sense (plural bugas)

1. (Mexico, gay slang) heterosexual (person)

buga m or f (masculine and feminine plural bugas)

1. (Mexico, gay slang, relational) heterosexuality

Clipping of Bugatti.

buga m (plural bugas)

1. (Spain, colloquial) automobile

• “buga”, 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

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buga (present bugar, preterite bugade, supine bugat, imperative buga)

1. (often reflexive) to bow (as a gesture of respect or deference)

   Han bugade sig djupt

   He bowed deeply

• knäböja (“kneel”)

• buga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• buga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• buga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀah (“to spray water from the mouth”), from Proto-Austronesian *buʀəS. Compare Malay bura.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈɡa/ [bʊˈɣa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: bu‧ga

bugá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ)

1. forced blow from one's mouth
2. forced ejection from the interior of something (such as in volcanoes, chimneys, etc.)
3. bellowing snort; hissing snort (such as with steam or air being forced out)

   Synonym: singasing

4. game where a playing piece, either a marble or a bayag-kambing seed, is blown out hard from a player's mouth to hit other pieces
5. medical treatment by quack doctors where something chewed is mixed with saliva and spat upon an ailing part of the patient's body
6. practice of blowing smoke on the face of gamecocks (to make them brave and their eyes clear)

• kalumbibit

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɡaʔ/ [ˈbuː.ɣɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -uɡaʔ
• Syllabification: bu‧ga

bugà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ)

1. pumice

   Synonym: kamanga