bochinche

Galician

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish bochinche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boˈt͡ʃint͡ʃɪ]

Noun

bochinche m (plural bochinches)

1. (derogatory) drinking hole

   Synonyms: baiuca, tasca

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bochinche”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bochinche”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bochinche.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈʃĩ.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈʃĩ.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈʃĩ.ʃe/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈʃĩ.ʃɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈʃĩ.ʃɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈt͡ʃĩ.t͡ʃɨ/

• Hyphenation: bo‧chin‧che

Noun

bochinche m (plural bochinches)

1. (South Brazil) a popular dance or ball, often accompanied by batuque
2. (South Brazil) commotion, agitation, tumult

   Synonyms: buchicho, bochicho, agitação, tumulto, comoção

3. (South Brazil, derogatory) poor administration or negligence

Spanish

Etymology

From bochincho (“a sip”), from buche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈt͡ʃint͡ʃe/ [boˈt͡ʃĩnʲ.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -intʃe
• Syllabification: bo‧chin‧che

Noun

bochinche m (plural bochinches)

1. (Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua) gossip, particularly that which is malicious, spread deliberately with the intention to defame the victim and amuse others, or disseminated by a busybody or meddler
2. (Venezuela, Uruguay) a social gathering, particularly a lively one
3. a tumultuous or riotous situation
   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “El juguete rabioso”, in El juguete rabioso:

     Voy a la cocina y ligerito prendo el gas. Pensaba que si venía Maximito iba a suceder un bochinche, y temblaba, frau.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. a mouthful of food, particularly that which has been masticated

Related terms

• bochinchera
• bochinchero

 

References

ElBochinche.com - The website that covers the parties, Events, Gossip, News, and What's Happening in the Latino World of Entertainment

Further reading

• “bochinche”, 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