Borrowed fromSpanish bolsa ( literally“ purse ” ) .Doublet ofpurse andbulse .
bolsa (plural bolsas )
( historical , Spanish America and Philippines) Anexchange for thetransaction ofbusiness .FromSpanish bolsa , fromLate Latin bursa , from theAncient Greek βύρσα ( búrsa ,“ hide, wine-skin ” ) . A corrected form ofbulsa , with the lettero retained.
bolsa
apocket ( a smallbag inside a garment for carrying small items ) 2012 — Cañete, Prescil I.,Ang Sigbin ni Sisoy (24 March), Sugilanon, Kalingawan, Banat News“Sakay na ngari, Pre,” agda ni Sisoy dungan sa pagkuot sabolsa sa iyang pantalon ug nadala ang usa ka gamay’ng mananap nga mora’g taligatos. (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) ( obsolete ) asack ; a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of variouscommodities , such as potatoes, coal, coffee( historical ) abolsa bolsa
to put something into a pocket to take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own IPA (key ) : /ˈbolsa/ [ˈbol.s̺ɐ] Rhymes:-olsa Hyphenation:bol‧sa bolsa f (plural bolsas )
bag Meteu todo nunhabolsa e marchou. He put everything in abag and left. “bolsa ”, inDicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy , 2012–2025 Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “bolsa ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “bolsa ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “bolsa ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega “bolsa ”, inDicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025 bolsa f sg
feminine singular ofbolso FromPortuguese bolsa .
bolsa
bag grant ,scholarship Gonçalves, Manuel (2015 ),Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary ,→ISBN FromOld Spanish , fromLate Latin bursa .
bolsa f
bag FromOld Galician-Portuguese bolssa , fromLate Latin bursa , fromAncient Greek βύρσα ( búrsa ,“ hide ” ) .Doublet ofbursa .
bolsa f (plural bolsas )
purse ,handbag ,bag stock exchange ( building and the associated organization ) grant ,scholarship Synonym: bolsa de estudos pouch ( of marsupials ) Synonym: marsúpio Borrowed fromSpanish bolsa .
bolsa
pocket Inherited fromLate Latin bursa .Doublet ofbursa . Cognate withEnglish burse ( “ purse ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /ˈbolsa/ [ˈbol.sa] Rhymes:-olsa Syllabification:bol‧sa bolsa f (plural bolsas )
bag coin purse Synonym: monedero ( Mexico ) purse ,handbag ( finance ) stock exchange pouch ( of marsupials ) Synonym: marsupio ( Mexico , Central America , Philippines ) pocket ( in clothing ) Synonym: bolsillo Borrowed fromSpanish bolsa .
bolsa
pocket