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bocinar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Most likely regressively derived from bocina +‎ -ar;[1] cf. also Latin būcinō, būcināre, and voznar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /boθiˈnaɾ/ [bo.θiˈnaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bosiˈnaɾ/ [bo.siˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bo‧ci‧nar

Verb

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bocinar (first-person singular present bocino, first-person singular preterite bociné, past participle bocinado)

  1. to honk the horn (on a car)
  2. to speak through a loudspeaker[2]
  3. to play on a horn or conch shell[3]

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “bocinar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ bocinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
  3. ^ bocinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Further reading

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