buruca

Spanish

Etymology

From boruca (“din”), from Basque buruka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈɾuka/ [buˈɾu.ka]
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: bu‧ru‧ca

Noun

buruca f (plural burucas)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador) commotion; scramble

Further reading

• “buruca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “buruca” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010