bolsa

Borrowed from Spanish bolsa (literally “purse”). Doublet of purse and bulse.

bolsa (plural bolsas)

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

• Albos, Boals, Sabol, Sobal, 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 using this term, see Citations:bolsa.

• IPA^(key): /bolsɐ/

bolsa f (plural bolsas)

1. bag

   Meteu todo nunha bolsa e marchou.

   He put everything in a bag and left.

• “bolsa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bolsa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• IPA^(key): /ˈbol.sa/
• Rhymes: -olsa
• Hyphenation: ból‧sa

bolsa f sg

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 Galician-Portuguese bolssa, from Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”). Doublet of bursa.

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈboɻ.sɐ/
• Homophones: bolça, bouça (Brazil)
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -olsɐ, (Brazil) -owsɐ
• Hyphenation: bol‧sa

bolsa f (plural bolsas)

1. purse, handbag, bag
2. stock exchange (building and the associated organization)
3. grant, scholarship

   Synonym: bolsa de estudos

4. pouch (of marsupials)

   Synonym: marsúpio

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

• bolsada, bolseiro, bolsista, bolso

• → English: bulse

Borrowed from Spanish bolsa.

bolsa

1. pocket

Inherited from Late Latin bursa. Doublet of bursa. Cognate with English burse (“purse”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolsa/ [ˈbol.sa]

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• Rhymes: -olsa
• Syllabification: bol‧sa

bolsa f (plural bolsas)

1. bag
2. coin purse

   Synonym: monedero

3. (Mexico) purse, handbag
4. (finance) stock exchange
5. pouch (of marsupials)

   Synonym: marsupio

6. (Mexico, Central America, Philippines) pocket (in clothing)

   Synonym: bolsillo

• → Cebuano: bulsa
• → Guaraní: vosa
• → Tagalog: bulsa
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: puxajtli̱

• costal
• saco
• talego

• “bolsa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• bolas
• balso
• lobas

Borrowed from Spanish bolsa.

bolsa

1. pocket