Polyglot Dictionary

bosta

/ˈbɔstɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Slang Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Negative

Forms

plural
as bostas

Meaning

  1. crap, dung (vulgar)

    • Esse filme é uma bosta.

      That film is crap.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Literally animal dung (neutral in farming contexts) and, as a slang word, a vulgar way of saying that something is awful. Milder alternatives: «porcaria», «horrível», «uma droga».

nounvulgar

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