Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguesebocado, fromboca(“mouth”) +-ado(“-ed”).

bocado m (pluralbocados)

1. mouthful(amount that fits in a mouth)

   Synonym:naco

2. delicacy(choice dish suggesting rarity and refinement)

   Synonyms:acepipe,iguaria,quitute

3. portion,bit

   Tirei umbocado de bolo. ―I took aportion of cake.

4. (chiefly Portugal)bit(a small amount of something)

   Esperei apenasbocado de tempo. ―I waited only for abit of time.

5. (Brazil) alarge amount of something

   Umbocado de pessoas viu aquilo. ―Alot of people saw that.

   Esperei umbocado de tempo. ―I waited for alot of time.

Fromboca +‎-ado. CompareFrenchbouchée,Italianboccata,Romanianbucată.

• IPA^(key): /boˈkado/[boˈka.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes:-ado
• Syllabification:bo‧ca‧do

bocado m (pluralbocados)

1. mouthful
2. snack
3. bit

(diminutivebocadilloorbocadito)

• boca

• “bocado”, inDiccionario 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

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