boliche

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish boliche.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈli.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈli.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈli.ʃe/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈli.ʃɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈli.ʃɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈli.t͡ʃɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -iʃi, (Portugal) -iʃɨ
• Hyphenation: bo‧li‧che

Noun

boliche m (plural boliches)

1. (Brazil) bowling (a game played by rolling a ball down an alley)

   Synonym: (Portugal) bólingue

Derived terms

• bolichear
• bolicheiro

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Bolisch

Further reading

• “boliche”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “boliche”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From bola (“ball”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈlit͡ʃe/ [boˈli.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Syllabification: bo‧li‧che

Noun

boliche m (plural boliches)

1. bowling

   Synonym: bolos

2. (Mexico) bowling alley

   Synonym: bolera

3. (Argentina) small store, small shop
4. (Argentina) disco, club, nightclub

   Synonyms: discoteca, pub, antro

5. (Spain) cup-and-ball

   Synonyms: balero (Mexico), perinola (Venezuela), capirucho (El Salvador)

Derived terms

• bolichero

Descendants

• → Portuguese: boliche
  • → Hunsrik: Bolisch

Further reading

• “boliche”, 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