bostela

Galician

Alternative forms

• bustela, postela

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from *pustella, a diminutive from Latin pustula. Compare Portuguese bostela, Asturian postiella, Spanish postilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bosˈtɛlɐ]

Noun

bostela f (plural bostelas)

1. scab

   Synonym: lastra

2. (in the plural, pathology, dated) pox
   • 1807, anonymous author, Primeiro diálogo dos esterqueiros:

     Non esbardallédes, Compadre; / habedevos de facer de cargo, / eu tiben un armallo á morte, / a Minjota cunha frebe / é os Rapases con bostelas, / mirà vos como podia / sair siquera da casa:

     Don't rant, my friend. Consider that I had a bull just about to day, Mingota with a fever, and the children with pox; you'll tell me how I was supposed to even leave my house

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bostela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bostela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bostela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *pustella, from Latin pustula. Compare Spanish postilla, Asturian postiella.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bosˈtɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bosˈtɛ.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /boʃˈtɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bosˈtɛ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buʃˈtɛ.lɐ/

Noun

bostela f (plural bostelas)

1. scab (incrustation over a wound)

   Synonyms: crosta, casca

Related terms

• pústula