bostezar
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Latin ōscitāre (“to yawn, to gape”). Compare English oscitate. Initial b- probably from mixing with boca (“mouth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /bosteˈθaɾ/ [bos.t̪eˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bosteˈsaɾ/ [bos.t̪eˈsaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: bos‧te‧zar
Verb
[edit]bostezar (first-person singular present bostezo, first-person singular preterite bostecé, past participle bostezado)
- (intransitive) to yawn
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of bostezar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bostezar”, 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