bolsa

Borrowed from Spanish bolsa (literally “purse”).

bolsa (plural bolsas)

1. (historical, Spanish America and Philippines) An exchange for the transaction of business.

• Albos, Boals, Sabol, albos, bolas, bosal

From Spanish bolsa, from Late Latin bursa, from the Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”). A corrected form of bulsa, with the letter o retained.

• Hyphenation: bol‧sa

bolsa

1. a pocket; a small bag inside a garment for carrying small items
2. (obsolete) a sack; a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee
3. (historical) a bolsa

bolsa

1. to put something into a pocket
2. to take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:bolsa.

bolsa

1. feminine singular of bolso

From Portuguese bolsa.

bolsa

1. bag
2. grant, scholarship

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

From Old Spanish, from Late Latin bursa.

bolsa f (Latin spelling)

1. bag

From Old Portuguese bolssa, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈboɫ.sɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbow.sɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈboɻ.sɐ/

bolsa f (plural bolsas)

1. stock exchange (building and the associated organization)
2. (chiefly Brazil) purse, handbag, bag
3. grant, scholarship (for scientific research)

• (bag): mala, saco, sacola
• (purse, small bag): carteira

• bolsada, bolseiro, bolsista, bolso

From Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”). Cognate with English bourse and burse.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolsa/

bolsa f (plural bolsas)

1. bag
2. coin purse
3. purse, handbag
4. (finance) stock exchange
5. pouch (of marsupials)
6. (Mexico, Central America, Philippines) pocket (in clothing)

• (purse): monedero
• (pocket): bolsillo
• (pouch): marsupio

• bolsita
• bolsón
• bolsear
• bolsero
• bolso
• embolsar

• costal
• saco
• talego

• “bolsa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

• bolas
• balso
• lobas