bugio

Esperanto

Noun

bugio (uncountable, accusative bugion)

  1. boogie-woogie

Italian

Etymology

Perhaps a confluence of buco and pertugio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.d͡ʒo/, [ˈbuːd͡ʒo]
  • Rhymes: -udʒo
  • Stress: bùgio
  • Hyphenation: bu‧gio

Adjective

bugio (feminine singular bugia, masculine plural bugi, feminine plural bugie)

  1. (obsolete) hollow
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XX, lines 25–27, page 360:
      così, rimosso d'aspettare indugio, ¶ quel mormorar de l'aguglia salissi ¶ su per lo collo, come fosse bugio.
      Even thus, relieved from the delay of waiting, that murmuring of the eagle mounted up along its neck, as if it had been hollow.
    Synonyms: bucato, cavo

Portuguese

bugio

Etymology

From Bugia (Béjaïa), from Arabic بِجَايَة (bijāya).

Pronunciation

Noun

bugio m (plural bugios)

  1. monkey (especially the howler monkey)

Synonyms

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