bóla

From Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla. Doublet of bola and bula.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔlɐ]

bóla f (plural bólas)

1. ball
2. marble (small ball)

• xogo da bóla

• “bóla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “bóla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bóla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpouːla/

  Rhymes: -ouːla

bóla f (genitive singular bólu, nominative plural bólur)

1. a (usually small) bubble

   Synonyms: blaðra, loftbóla

2. (idiomatic) a bubble, a short-lived fad

   Synonyms: tískufyrirbrigði, tískufyrirbæri

   Internetið er bara bóla. ― The Internet is just a bubble waiting to burst.

3. a pimple, a zit

   Synonyms: graftarbóla (“pustule”), (uncommon) nabbi

4. (in the plural) acne

   Synonym: unglingabólur

5. (archaic) smallpox

   Synonym: bólusótt

6. a small (usually metallic) convex protuberance; a stud

• ekki ný bóla (“that's nothing new”)
• teiknibóla (“thumbtack”)
• bólusetning (“vaccination”)
• loftbóla (“air bubble”)
• leysibóla (“lysosome”)