bolas

See also: bölas

English

a hunter using bolas (etymology 1, noun sense 1)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.?

Latin bulla

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Latin bulla

Frankish *bollā

blend

Vulgar Latin *bolla

Old Occitan bolabor.

Spanish bola(s)bor.

Portuguese bola(s)bor.

English bolas

Borrowed from Spanish bola(s) (“ball(s)”) and Portuguese bola(s) (“ball(s)”). First attested in 1843.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bō′ləs; IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ̯.ləs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ̯.ləs/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊ̯.ləs/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʉ̯.ləs/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐʉ̯.ləs/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ləs/, /ˈbo.lʌs/
• Rhymes: -əʊləs
• Hyphenation: bo‧las

Noun

bolas (plural bolases or bolas)

2. A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, designed to capture animals by entangling their legs.
3. A sticky thread whirled around by certain spiders to catch prey.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bō′ləz; IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ̯.ləz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ̯.ləz/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊ̯.ləz/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʉ̯.ləz/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐʉ̯.ləz/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ləz/, /ˈbo.lʌz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊləz
• Hyphenation: bo‧las

Noun

bolas

1. plural of bola

Further reading

• “bolas”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Albos, Boals, Sabol, Sobal, albos, bolsa, bosal

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolas/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -olas
• Syllabification: bo‧las
• Hyphenation: bol‧as

Verb

bolas

1. present of boli

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolas/ [ˈbo.las̺]
• Rhymes: -olas
• Hyphenation: bo‧las

Noun

bolas

1. plural of bola

Polish

bolas (sense 1)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.?

Latin bulla

▲

Latin bulla

Frankish *bollā

blend

Vulgar Latin *bolla

Old Occitan bolabor.

Spanish bola(s)bor.

Polish bolas

Borrowed from Spanish bola(s) (“ball(s)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.las/
• Rhymes: -ɔlas
• Syllabification: bo‧las

Noun

bolas m inan

2. bolas (a throwing weapon)

   Synonym: bola

Declension

Declension of bolas

	singular	plural
nominative	bolas	bolasy
genitive	bolasa	bolasów
dative	bolasowi	bolasom
accusative	bolas	bolasy
instrumental	bolasem	bolasami
locative	bolasie	bolasach
vocative	bolasie	bolasy

Further reading

• Modern Standard Polish:
  • “bolas”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
  • bolas in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
  • Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “bolas”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language]‎^[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 298
  • Zygmunt Saloni, et al., editors (2020), “bolas”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎^[3], 4. online edition, Warszawa
• Historic dictionaries:
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bolas”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 187
  • Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “bolas”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.lɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.lɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.lɐʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.lɐʃ/

• Rhymes: (most of Brazil) -ɔlɐs, (Rio de Janeiro, Portugal) -ɔlɐʃ
• Hyphenation: bo‧las

Noun

bolas

1. plural of bola (“ball; testicle”)

Interjection

bolas

1. drat, darn; used as an expression of frustration, if something doesn't work out as expected; it is a rather innocent, child-friendly curse

   Bolas, já não cheguei a tempo! ― Drat, I didn't arrive in time!

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.lɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.lɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.lɐʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.lɐʃ/

• Rhymes: (most of Brazil) -olɐs, (Rio de Janeiro, Portugal) -olɐʃ
• Hyphenation: bo‧las

Noun

bolas

1. plural of bola (“bread roll”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.lɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.lɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.lɐʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.lɐʃ/

• Rhymes: (most of Brazil) -ɔlɐs, (Rio de Janeiro, Portugal) -ɔlɐʃ
• Hyphenation: bo‧las

Verb

bolas

1. second-person singular present indicative of bolar

Further reading

• “bolas”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bolas”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolas/ [ˈbo.las]
• Rhymes: -olas
• Syllabification: bo‧las

Adjective

bolas

1. feminine plural of bolo

Noun

bolas

1. plural of bola

Swedish

Verb

bolas

1. passive infinitive of bola
2. present passive of bola