boroacă

Romanian

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

boroacă f (plural boroace)

1. goby

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	boroacă	boroaca		boroace	boroacele
genitive-dative	boroace	boroacei		boroace	boroacelor
vocative	boroacă, boroaco			boroacelor

Etymology 2

Probably from Latin verrūca (thus a doublet of verucă). Uncertain if the above etymology is related.

Noun

boroacă f (plural boroace)

1. (rare) tumor, swelling

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	boroacă	boroaca		boroace	boroacele
genitive-dative	boroace	boroacei		boroace	boroacelor
vocative	boroacă, boroaco			boroacelor

Synonyms

• tumoare, umflătură

Related terms

• beregată
• borcan

References

• boroacă in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN