bulín

See also: bulin

Galician

Verb

bulín

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of bulir

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈlin/ [buˈlĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: bu‧lín

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lunfardo [Term?], originally from French boulin (“alcove in a dovecote where doves nest”).

Noun

bulín m (plural bulines)

1. (Argentina) bachelor pad
2. (Argentina) room (used for sex); room in a brothel
   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:

     Lentamente giró la puerta en sus goznes. Lucio penetró a la habitación e hizo girar la llave del conmutador.
     —Pasen, che, les presento mi bulín.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bouline.

Noun

bulín m (plural bulines)

1. bowline

Further reading

• “bulín”, 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