# bucha
## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: buchas, buchât

### Verb

bucha
* third-person singular past historic of bucher

## Polish

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbu.xa/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Kuyavia) IPA: /ˈbu.xa/
* Rhymes: -uxa
* Syllabification: bu‧cha

### Etymology 1

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#### Noun

bucha f
* (Kuyavia) cloak or long dress without a waist
    Synonym: dęty płaszcz

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

bucha
* third-person singular present of buchać

### Further reading

* Józef Bliziński (1860) “bucha”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 620
* Oskar Kolberg (1867) “bucha”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 268
* Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “bucha”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 2

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from Old French bousche.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbu.ʃɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbu.ʃɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbu.ʃa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbu.ʃɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbu.ʃɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbu.t͡ʃɐ/
* Rhymes: -uʃɐ
* Hyphenation: bu‧cha

### Noun

bucha f (plural buchas)
* wad (soft seal used in shotgun cartridges and cannons)
* tampion
* appetizer
    Synonyms: aperitivo, (Brazil) tira-gosto
* (colloquial) mouthful, morsel
    Synonym: bocado
* (colloquial) the hub of a bullock cart
* loofah (tropical vine of the genus Luffa)
** (by extension) loofah (the fruit of this vine)
** (by extension) loofah (the fruit's dried fiber)
** (by extension, colloquial, Brazil) bath sponge
* (engineering) bushing
* (engineering) dowel
* (electrical engineering) sleeve
* (colloquial) scam
* (colloquial) nuisance
* (colloquial, Portugal) swindle
* (colloquial, Brazil) a piece of cloth that serves as a flame source for a sky lantern

#### Descendants

* → Gujarati: બૂચ (būc)

### Noun

bucha m or f by sense (plural buchas)
* (derogatory) fatty (fat person)
* (derogatory, Brazil) weak or worthless person

### Adjective

bucha m or f (plural buchas)
* (derogatory) fat
* (colloquial) annoying
* (derogatory, Brazil) weak or worthless

### References

* “bucha”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
* “bucha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “bucha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
* “bucha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
* ↑ José Pedro Machado (1995) “Bucha”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 470

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English butcher.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

bucha class IX (plural bucha class X)
* butcher
    Synonym: mchinjaji
* butchery