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Definitions and meaning of bolero

bolero

English

Etymology

From Spanish bolero, from bola.

Pronunciation

Noun

bolero (plural boleros)

1. (dance) A lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an unrelated slower-tempo dance of Cuban origin, in 2/4 time.
2. (fashion) A type of short, buttonless jacket or blouse, open or tied in front and ending at the diaphragm.

Verb

bolero (third-person singular simple present boleros, present participle boleroing, simple past and past participle boleroed)

1. (intransitive) To dance the bolero.

Further reading

• bolero on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• borole

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bolero. The clothing senses may have been borrowed via French boléro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːˈleː.roː/
• Hyphenation: bo‧le‧ro
• Rhymes: -eːroː

Noun

bolero m (plural bolero's, diminutive bolerootje n)

1. bolero (dance)
2. music accompanying this dance
3. bolero (jacket)
4. a type of Spanish hat

Descendants

• → Indonesian: bolero

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bolero”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

• Bolero (muziek) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl
• Bolero (kleding) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish bolero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolero/, [ˈbo̞le̞ro̞]
• Rhymes: -olero
• Syllabification^(key): bo‧le‧ro
• Hyphenation^(key): bo‧le‧ro

Noun

bolero

1. bolero

Declension

Further reading

• “bolero”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Indonesian

Etymology

From Spanish bolero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boˈlero]
• Hyphenation: bo‧lé‧ro
• Rhymes: -ro, -o

Noun

boléro (plural bolero-bolero)

1. bolero (all senses)

Related terms

Further reading

• “bolero” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French boléro or Spanish bolero.

Noun

bolero n (plural bolerouri)

1. bolero

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From bola +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈleɾo/ [boˈle.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: bo‧le‧ro

Noun

bolero m (plural boleros)

1. bolero (music)
2. bolero (dance)
3. bolero (jacket)

Descendants

• → Dutch: bolero
• → English: bolero
• → Finnish: bolero
• → French: boléro

Noun

bolero m (plural boleros, feminine bolera, feminine plural boleras)

1. bolero musician

Further reading

• “bolero”, 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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /boˈleɾo/ [boˈlɛː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: bo‧le‧ro

Etymology 1

From bola +‎ -ero.

Noun

bolero (feminine bolera, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜒᜇᜓ)

1. (colloquial) flatterer

   Synonym: mambobola

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish bolero.

Noun

bolero (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜒᜇᜓ)

1. bolero (dance)
2. bolero (music)
3. bolero (jacket)

Further reading

• “bolero”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018