Bukele

Borrowed from Spanish Bukele.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /buːˈkeɪ.leɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /buˈkeɪ.leɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪleɪ
• Hyphenation: Bu‧ke‧le

Bukele (plural Bukeles)

1. A surname in Spanish
   • 2025 January 31, Stefano Pozzebon, “Rubio and Bukele to discuss sending suspected gang members from US to El Salvador”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Since taking office in 2019, Bukele has launched a security crackdown in El Salvador, detaining tens of thousands of people on suspicion of gang membership.

• Bukele on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from South Levantine Arabic بقيلة (bqēle), from Classical Arabic بُقَيْلَة (buqayla), the diminutive form of بَقْلَة (baqla, “purslane”). As an initial /bk/ consonant cluster is forbidden in Spanish, the /u/ of the classical form was reinserted to break it up.

• IPA^(key): /buˈkele/ [buˈke.le]
• Rhymes: -ele
• Syllabification: Bu‧ke‧le

Bukele m or f by sense

1. a surname from Arabic

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