bocallave

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bokaˈʝabe/ [bo.kaˈʝa.β̞e]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /bokaˈʝabe/ [bo.kaˈʝa.β̞e]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /bokaˈʎabe/ [bo.kaˈʎa.β̞e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bokaˈʃabe/ [bo.kaˈʃa.β̞e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bokaˈʒabe/ [bo.kaˈʒa.β̞e]

• Rhymes: -abe
• Syllabification: bo‧ca‧lla‧ve

Noun

bocallave f (plural bocallaves)

1. keyhole

Further reading

• “bocallave”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10