babucha
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈbu.ʃɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈbu.ʃa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈbu.ʃɐ/ [bɐˈβu.ʃɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈbu.t͡ʃɐ/ [bɐˈβu.t͡ʃɐ]
- Hyphenation: ba‧bu‧cha
Noun
babucha f (plural babuchas)
- babouche (Turkish or oriental slipper)
Further reading
- “babucha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “babucha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Ultimately from Persian پاپوش (pâ-puš).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈbut͡ʃa/ [baˈβ̞u.t͡ʃa]
- Rhymes: -utʃa
- Syllabification: ba‧bu‧cha
Noun
babucha f (plural babuchas)
- slipper, babouche (low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily, especially in Middle Eastern contexts)
Further reading
- “babucha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025