bolacha

Portuguese

bolachas

Etymology

From bolo +‎ -acha.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈla.ʃɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈla.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈla.ʃa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈla.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈla.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈla.t͡ʃɐ/

• Rhymes: -aʃɐ
• Hyphenation: bo‧la‧cha

Noun

bolacha f (plural bolachas)

1. biscuit, cookie, cracker
2. (informal) a slap or blow
3. (Brazil, informal) coaster (small, flat object used as a support for bottles and glasses)
4. (Brazil, informal) phonograph record, vinyl
5. (Brazil, informal) admonition, reprimand

Synonyms

• (cookie, biscuit): biscoito [dialect-dependent, some distinguish both]
• (slap, blow): bofetada
• (coaster): rodela, rodelinha
• (record): disco fonográfico, disco de vinil
• (admonition): advertência, repreensão, reprimenda

Derived terms

• abolachar
• bolacha de água e sal
• bolacha-da-praia, bolacha-de-praia
• bolacha-do-mar
• bolachada
• bolacheiro
• bolachinha (diminutive)
• bolachona (augmentative)
• bolachudo
• bolo de bolacha

 

Descendants

• Macanese: bolacho