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buque
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See also: buquê
Galician
Pronunciation
Noun
buque m (plural buques)
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uki, -ukɨ
- Hyphenation: bu‧que
Etymology 1
Noun
buque m (plural buques)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
buque
- inflection of bucar:
Further reading
- “buque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “buque”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “buque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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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
Noun
buque m (plural buques)
- 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
Further reading
- “buque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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