μπούρδα

Greek

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbuɾða/
  • Hyphenation: μπούρ‧δα

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish burda[1] or from French bourde (“blunder, error”)[2][3].

Noun

μπούρδα • (boúrda) f (plural μπούρδες)

  1. (colloquial, usually in the plural) nonsense, claptrap, poppycock, baloney (meaningless or foolish talk)
    Όλο κάθεται και λέει μπούρδες ο βλάκας. ― Ólo káthetai kai léei mpoúrdes o vlákas. ― All that fool does is sit there and spout his nonsense.

Declension
declension of μπούρδα
singular plural
nominative μπούρδα • μπούρδες •
genitive μπούρδας • —
accusative μπούρδα • μπούρδες •
vocative μπούρδα • μπούρδες •

Derived terms

Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Albanian burdhë.

Noun

μπούρδα • (boúrda) f (plural μπούρδες)

  1. (colloquial, rare) sack (bag)
    μια μπούρδα αλεύρι ― mia mpoúrda alévri ― a bag of flour

Declension
declension of μπούρδα
singular plural
nominative μπούρδα • μπούρδες •
genitive μπούρδας • —
accusative μπούρδα • μπούρδες •
vocative μπούρδα • μπούρδες •

Synonyms
  • (sack, bag): σακί n (sakí), τσουβαλόπανο n (tsouvalópano)

Etymology 3
Inflectional form.

Noun

μπούρδα • (boúrda) m

  1. Genitive singular form of μπούρδας (boúrdas).

References
  1. μπούρδα in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
  3. Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “μπούρδα”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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