boss

Inglés

boss
Received Pronunciation (AFI)	/bɒs/ Londresⓘ
dialectos de los EE. UU. con lot-cloth split (AFI)	/bɔs/ Connecticutⓘ
General American con la fusión cot–caught, dialectos de Canadá (AFI)	/bɑs/ Californiaⓘ Nueva Jerseyⓘ
Standard Canadian, dialectos de los EE. UU. (AFI)	/bɒs/
Australia (AFI)	/bɔs/
Nueva Zelanda (AFI)	/bɒs/ [bɔ̟s]
longitud silábica	monosílaba

Etimología 1

Del neerlandés boss.

Sustantivo

boss ¦ plural: bosses

1

Jefe.

2

Patrón.

3

Dirigente.

Verbo

4

Supervisar o controlar.

5

Dar órdenes.

Conjugación

Conjugación de boss (bossed, bossed)  (regular) [▲▼]

Formas no personales (verboides)
Infinitivo	boss
Gerundio	bossing
Participio	bossed
Formas personales
Modo indicativo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I boss	you boss, bossest†	he, she, it bosses, bosseth†	we, you, they boss
Pretérito	I bossed	you bossed, bossedst†	he, she, it bossed	we, you, they bossed
Pretérito compuesto	I have bossed	you have bossed	he, she, it has bossed	we, you, they have bossed
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto	I had bossed	you had bossed	he, she, it had bossed	we, you, they had bossed
Futuro	I will boss	you will boss	he, she, it will boss	we, you, they will boss
Futuro compuesto	I will have bossed	you will have bossed	he, she, it will have bossed	we, you, they will have bossed
Modo condicional
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Condicional simple	I would boss	you would boss	he, she, it would boss	we, you, they would boss
Condicional compuesto	I would have bossed	you would have bossed	he, she, it would have bossed	we, you, they would have bossed
Modo subjuntivo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I boss	you boss	he, she, it boss	we, you, they boss
Pretérito	I bossed	you bossed	he, she, it bossed	we, you, they bossed
Modo imperativo
	―	(you)	―	(we)
Presente	―	boss	―	let's boss
Leyenda: † arcaico, x no normativo, ■ cambio ortográfico, ■ irregularidad

Etimología 2

Del francés antiguo boce.

Sustantivo

boss ¦ plural: bosses

1

Protuberancia o inflamación.

2

Protrusión.

3 Arquitectura

Clave.

Verbo

4

Decorar con botones o protuberancias.

Conjugación

Conjugación de boss (bossed, bossed)  (regular) [▲▼]

Formas no personales (verboides)
Infinitivo	boss
Gerundio	bossing
Participio	bossed
Formas personales
Modo indicativo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I boss	you boss, bossest†	he, she, it bosses, bosseth†	we, you, they boss
Pretérito	I bossed	you bossed, bossedst†	he, she, it bossed	we, you, they bossed
Pretérito compuesto	I have bossed	you have bossed	he, she, it has bossed	we, you, they have bossed
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto	I had bossed	you had bossed	he, she, it had bossed	we, you, they had bossed
Futuro	I will boss	you will boss	he, she, it will boss	we, you, they will boss
Futuro compuesto	I will have bossed	you will have bossed	he, she, it will have bossed	we, you, they will have bossed
Modo condicional
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Condicional simple	I would boss	you would boss	he, she, it would boss	we, you, they would boss
Condicional compuesto	I would have bossed	you would have bossed	he, she, it would have bossed	we, you, they would have bossed
Modo subjuntivo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I boss	you boss	he, she, it boss	we, you, they boss
Pretérito	I bossed	you bossed	he, she, it bossed	we, you, they bossed
Modo imperativo
	―	(you)	―	(we)
Presente	―	boss	―	let's boss
Leyenda: † arcaico, x no normativo, ■ cambio ortográfico, ■ irregularidad

Etimología 3

Del latín bōs.

Sustantivo

boss ¦ plural: bosses

1

Becerro o vaca.

• Ámbito: Estados Unidos