borbollar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin bullāre (“to bubble”), with reduplication and dissimilation of the first syllable.
Verb
borbollar (first-person singular present borbollo, first-person singular preterite borbollí, past participle borbollat)
- (intransitive) to bubble, to effervesce
- (transitive) to sputter (speak hastily)
Derived terms
- borboll
- borbollada
- borbollador
- borbollaire
- borbollejar
Related terms
Further reading
- “borbollar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin bullāre, with reduplication.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boɾboˈʝaɾ/ [boɾ.β̞oˈʝaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /boɾboˈʎaɾ/ [boɾ.β̞oˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /boɾboˈʃaɾ/ [boɾ.β̞oˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /boɾboˈʒaɾ/ [boɾ.β̞oˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: bor‧bo‧llar
Verb
borbollar (first-person singular present borbollo, first-person singular preterite borbollé, past participle borbollado)
- (intransitive) to bubble
Conjugation
Conjugation of borbollar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
References
- ^ “borbollar”, 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
Further reading
- “borbollar”, 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