# bolo
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbəʊ.ləʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈboʊ.loʊ/
* Rhymes: -əʊləʊ

### Etymology 1

From Philippine Spanish bolo.

#### Noun

bolo (plural bolos)
* A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
* (attributive) A type of punch; an uppercut.
** 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 141:He jerked me off balance and the hand with the brass knucks came around in a looping bolo punch.

##### See also

* golok (Indonesian & Malaysian)
* gulok (Filipino)
* machete
* palang (Filipino)
* parang
* itak (Filipino)
* kampit (Filipino)
* sundang (Filipino)
* tabak (Filipino)

#### Verb

bolo (third-person singular simple present bolos, present participle boloing, simple past and past participle boloed)
* (transitive) To cleave or dismember (a person or an animal) with a bolo knife.
** 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, pages 13–14:"In the first place," began Drina, "you are to lie down flat on the floor and creep about and show us how the Moros wriggle through the grass to bolo our sentinels." […] Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.

### Etymology 2

Supposedly named after Bolo Pascha, a German agent in France during World War I.

#### Noun

bolo (plural bolos)
* A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.

#### Verb

bolo (third-person singular simple present bolos, present participle boloing, simple past and past participle boloed)
* To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.

### Etymology 3

From Argentine Spanish boleadora (“lariat”).

#### Noun

bolo (plural bolos)
* A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.

##### Derived terms

* bolo tie

#### Verb

bolo (third-person singular simple present bolos, present participle boloing, simple past and past participle boloed)
* (transitive, nonce word) To dress (somebody) in a bolo.
** 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.

### Etymology 4

An acronym of Be on the lookout.

#### Alternative forms

* BOLO

#### Noun

bolo (plural bolos)
* (US law enforcement) A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect.

##### Synonyms

* all-points bulletin, APB

### References

* “bolo”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

### Anagrams

* Lobo, bloo, bool, lobo, loob, obol

## Bambara
### Etymology

Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan bólo.

### Noun

bolo
* (anatomy) arm, hand

### References

* Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Unknown.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔlo/ [ˈbɔ.lʊ]
* Rhymes: -ɔlo
* Hyphenation: bo‧lo

#### Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)
* sand lance (Ammodytes)
    Synonym: areeiro

### Etymology 2

From bola (“piece of bread”), from Latin bulla (“bubble”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbolo/ [ˈbo.lʊ]
* Rhymes: -olo
* Hyphenation: bo‧lo

#### Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)
* bun, roll
** 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 129:Para esto ual o ouo torrado ataa que se faça duro et depois tollelle a casca et faz tal como bolloFor this you must use egg, roasted till its hard; remove then the shell and make a roll with it
* piece of bread
** 1396, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 449:
    daredes hun dia de seara de cada anno en a nosa granja de Vales, e hun bolo de triigo
       and you'll give a day of work each year at our farm of Vales, and a piece of wheat bread
* ball of butter
    Synonym: pela
* lump
    Synonym: grumo
* clod
    Synonym: terrón
* pebble
    Synonym: croio

##### Derived terms

* bolo do pote (“dumpling”)
* furabolos (“forefinger”, literally “bun-piercer”)

##### Related terms

* bola

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bolo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bolo”, 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), “bolo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bolo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bowl, French bol, German Bowle, Spanish bol.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbolo/

### Noun

bolo (plural boli)
* bowl

## Italian
### Etymology

From Late Latin bōlus (“clod of earth, lump”), from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod, lump”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔ.lo/
* Rhymes: -ɔlo
* Hyphenation: bò‧lo

### Noun

bolo m (plural boli)
* bolus
* cud

### Anagrams

* lobo, oblò

## Javanese
### Noun

bolo
* Nonstandard spelling of bala.

## Koasati
### Noun

bolo
* bream

## Lingala
### Etymology

From French bore.

### Noun

bolo class 9 (plural bolo class 10, colloquial plural babolo class 2)
* (chemistry) boron

## Macanese
### Alternative forms

* bôlo

### Etymology

From Portuguese bolo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbolu/

### Noun

bolo
* Alternative form of bôlo: cake

#### Derived terms

* bôlo bate-pau (“mooncake”)
* bôlo mârmre (“marble cake”)
* bôlo minino
* bôlo nata
* bôlo supiám

### References

* https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bollo, of unknown origin but traditionally associated with bola (“round seal”).

#### Alternative forms

* bôlo (pre-reform)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbo.lu/
* Rhymes: -olu
* Hyphenation: bo‧lo

#### Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)
* (cooking) cake
** dessert made with dough and sugar; common in celebrations
** any of various snacks made with dough, both sweet and salty
    Synonym: bolinho
* bunch, heap, mass (load of some material or of beings)
    Synonyms: monte, amontoado
** a bunch of money
* prize, reward
    Synonyms: prêmio, recompensa
* (Brazil) something said or done to mislead or deceive
    Synonyms: enganação, burla
* (Brazil) disarray, disorder chaos
    Synonyms: desordem, caos, confusão
* (Brazil, slang) the act of standing someone up (missing an appointment)
    Synonym: furo

##### Derived terms

* a cereja do bolo
* abolar
* bolacha
* bolada
* bolão
* bolar
* boleima
* bolinho
* bolo alimentar
* bolo alimentício
* bolo baeta
* bolo chibo
* bolo de anjo
* bolo de arroz
* bolo de bacia
* bolo de caneca
* bolo de cenoura
* bolo de chocolate
* bolo de claras
* bolo de gengibre
* bolo de milho
* bolo de noiva
* bolo de pote
* bolo de rolo
* bolo de tabuleiro
* bolo do caco
* bolo fecal
* bolo floresta negra
* bolo histérico
* bolo inglês
* bolo lêvedo
* bolo lunar
* bolo-armênio
* bolo-formigueiro
* bolo-mármore
* bololô
* dar bolo em
* dar o bolo
* dar um bolo
* embolar
* fazer num bolo
* ficar num bolo
* fura-bolos
* levar bolo

##### Descendants

* Kabuverdianu: bolu
* Macanese: bôlo
* → Hunsrik: Bolo
* → Malay: baulu
** Indonesian: bolu

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔ.lu/

#### Verb

bolo
* first-person singular present indicative of bolar

### Anagrams

* lobo

### References

* ↑ José Pedro Machado (1995) “Bolo”, 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, pages 445–446

### Further reading

* “bolo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “bolo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “bolo”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
* “bolo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “bolo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “bolo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “bolo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Serbo-Croatian
### Participle

bolo (Cyrillic spelling боло)
* neuter singular active past participle of bosti

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɔlɔ]

### Participle

bolo
* neuter singular l-participle of byť

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbolo/ [ˈbo.lo]
* Rhymes: -olo
* Syllabification: bo‧lo

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin bolus.

#### Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)
* bowling pin
* bolus
* (in the plural) bowling

##### Derived terms

* bolo alimenticio
* corbata de bolo

#### Adjective

bolo (feminine bola, masculine plural bolos, feminine plural bolas)
* (colloquial, Central America) drunk
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borracho

##### Derived terms

* bolencia

##### Related terms

* bola

### Etymology 2

Clipping of bolívar.

#### Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)
* (Venezuela, slang) a bolívar (Venezuelan unit of currency)

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)
* (colloquial) gig

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Tagalog bolo.

#### Noun

bolo m (plural bolos)
* (Philippines) bolo (long, single-edged machete)

### Further reading

* “bolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbolo/ [ˈboː.lo]
* Rhymes: -olo
* Syllabification: bo‧lo

### Noun

bolo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓ)
* bolo (long, single-edged machete)

#### Related terms

* gulok
* itak

### Anagrams

* Bool, loob, lobo, oblo

## Ternate
### Conjunction

bolo
* or

#### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh