bodoque

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• badoque, badogue

Etymology

From Arabic بُنْدُق (“hazelnuts, small projectiles”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈdɔ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈdɔ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈdɔ.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈdɔ.kɨ/ [buˈðɔ.kɨ]

• Hyphenation: bo‧do‧que

Noun

bodoque m (plural bodoques)

1. slingshot (Y-shaped device used to shoot projectiles)

   Synonyms: estilingue, baladeira, atiradeira, fisga, funda, setra

Further reading

• “bodoque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “bodoque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025