bosta

From Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷew- (“excrement; dung”) + the suffix *-st-;[1] Compare German Kot (“feces”), Welsh budr (“filthy”).

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔsta̝/

bosta f (plural bostas)

1. dung, manure (of cattle).
   • 1671, Gabriel Feixoo de Araúxo, Entremés famoso sobre da pesca do río Miño, page 19:

     Vou correndo pola posta si acho xantar que comer que aínda á tarde hei de esparxer unha gran pilla de bosta

     I hurry to get to the post, to see if I can have some dinner, because this afternoon yet I must spread a large pile of dung

• bula, buleira

• bostarega (“dung”)
• bosteira (“dung”)
• embostar (“to cover a surface with manure”)

• bouta (a mixture of cow feces and water once used as a sealant).

• “bosta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “bosta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bosta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Back-formation from bostal, from Late Latin bostār, from *bostāre (“corral”)[1].

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔs.tɐ/

bosta f (plural bostas)

1. (vulgar, slang) shit

bosta

1. second-person dual future of biti
2. third-person dual future of biti

bosta f (plural bostas)

1. manure
2. cowpat