buque

See also: buquê

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuke/ [ˈbu.kɪ]
• Rhymes: -uke
• Hyphenation: bu‧que

Noun

buque m (plural buques)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ki/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.kɨ/

• Rhymes: -uki, -ukɨ
• Hyphenation: bu‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Catalan buc.

Noun

buque m (plural buques)

1. auxiliary boat for purse seines

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

buque

1. inflection of bucar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “buque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “buque”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “buque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, hull, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuke/ [ˈbu.ke]
• Rhymes: -uke
• Syllabification: bu‧que

Noun

buque m (plural buques)

1. ship, vessel
   • 1981, Gabriel García Márquez, Crónica de una muerte anunciada:

     El día en que lo iban a matar, Santiago Nasar se levantó a las 5.30 de la mañana para esperar el buque en que llegaba el obispo.

     The day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at 5:30 in the morning to wait for the ship in which the bishop arrived.

Derived terms

• antibuque
• buque cisterna
• buque de guerra
• buque insignia
• buque mercante

Further reading

• “buque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026