bolero
See also: boléro
English
A woman wearing a bolero jacket.
Noun
bolero (plural boleros)
- (dance) A lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an unrelated slower-tempo dance of Cuban origin, in 2/4 time.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 335:
- Edward's attention was at first rivetted on two dancers engaged in their graceful national dance, the bolero. What a blessing to a people is a climate that encourages out-of-door amusement!
- (fashion) A type of short, buttonless jacket or blouse, open or tied in front and ending at the diaphragm.
- 2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 175:
- He took the bolero, which was made of soft angora, and rubbed it up and down his cheek.
Verb
bolero (third-person singular simple present boleros, present participle boleroing, simple past and past participle boleroed)
- (intransitive) To dance the bolero.
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbolero/, [ˈbo̞le̞ro̞]
- Rhymes: -olero
- Syllabification(key): bo‧le‧ro
Declension
| Inflection of bolero (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | bolero | bolerot | ||
| genitive | boleron | bolerojen boleroiden boleroitten | ||
| partitive | boleroa | boleroja boleroita | ||
| illative | boleroon | boleroihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | bolero | bolerot | ||
| accusative | nom. | bolero | bolerot | |
| gen. | boleron | |||
| genitive | boleron | bolerojen boleroiden boleroitten | ||
| partitive | boleroa | boleroja boleroita | ||
| inessive | bolerossa | boleroissa | ||
| elative | bolerosta | boleroista | ||
| illative | boleroon | boleroihin | ||
| adessive | bolerolla | boleroilla | ||
| ablative | bolerolta | boleroilta | ||
| allative | bolerolle | boleroille | ||
| essive | bolerona | boleroina | ||
| translative | boleroksi | boleroiksi | ||
| abessive | bolerotta | boleroitta | ||
| instructive | — | boleroin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “bolero”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [boˈlero]
- Hyphenation: bo‧lé‧ro
- Rhymes: -ro, -o
Noun
boléro (first-person possessive boleroku, second-person possessive boleromu, third-person possessive boleronya)
- 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
Declension
Declension of bolero
Spanish
Further reading
- “bolero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈleɾo/, [boˈlɛ.ɾo]
- Hyphenation: bo‧le‧ro
Noun
bolero (feminine bolera, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜒᜇᜓ)
- (colloquial) flatterer
- Synonym: mambobola
- 1990, Maksim Gorky, Lusak:
- Isa kang magaling na bolero, Lolo. Ang ganda mong magsinungaling! Magandang pakinggan ang iyong mga pantasya. Sige, magsinungaling ka pa. Ayos din 'yon. Wala namang maraming magagandang bagay na mapapak- inggan sa ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1988, Lualhati Bautista, Dekada '70: ang orihinal at kimpletong edisyon:
- "Dad, ang serious, isa ospital dinadala." Natawa 'ko. Napikon nang ... hindi ka naging presidente?" Gano'n liga si Jason: masayahin, bolero, mapanukso, pero kaibig-ibig na bata. Mahirap kang magalit sa kanya dahil mabilis siya sa yakap at ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2005, Galileo S. Zafra, Romulo P. Baquiran, Sawikaan 2004: mga salita ng taon, →ISBN:
- Kailangarg mag- update kayo ng nangyayari sa buhay ng isa't isa. ... Kapag mahilig kang makipagkuwentuhan, tsikador o tsikadora ang tawag sa iyo. Puwedeng ... Pinaa.Tsinika. Dito rin lilitaw ang kahulugan ng pagiging bolero ng isang ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1989, National Mid-week:
- Nakapaloob sa baranggay ang isa pang malaking istasyon ng radyo at telebisyon, mga talyer, mga imprenta, otel, motel, laboratoryo ng pelikula, pakulutan, ... Puwes, pinangakuan sila ng mga bolero ng lupa. ... Kung kandidato kang taga-iskuwater, huwag kang aastang pulubi; umasta kang siga at may pinag-aralan.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “bolero”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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