boscare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

abboscare
buscare, boscà, buscà; abbuscare, abboscà, abbuscà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

From Spanish buscar, possibly via the medium of Italian buscare.

Pronunciation

(Naples) IPA^(key): [buʃˈka]

Verb

boscare

to seek out
to procure, acquire, gain
to earn
to provide
to be beaten up
(by extension) to get the worst of it

References

Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 16
Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “boscare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

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