bullicio

Spanish

Etymology

From bullir.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /buˈʝiθjo/ [buˈʝi.θjo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /buˈʝiθjo/ [buˈʝi.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /buˈʎiθjo/ [buˈʎi.θjo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /buˈʝisjo/ [buˈʝi.sjo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /buˈʝisjo/ [buˈʝi.sjo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /buˈʎisjo/ [buˈʎi.sjo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /buˈʃisjo/ [buˈʃi.sjo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /buˈʒisjo/ [buˈʒi.sjo]

• Rhymes: -iθjo
• Rhymes: -isjo
• Syllabification: bu‧lli‧cio

Noun

bullicio m (plural bullicios)

1. racket, clamor

   Synonyms: alboroto, tumulto

   • 2015 July 23, “Fútbol sin barreras en el norte de Nigeria”, in El País‎^[1]:

     El bullicio de las calles sin asfaltar y la violencia en Nigeria desaparece tras el sonido de unos monopatines que corren tras una pelota.

     The clamor of the unpaved streets and the violence of Nigeria disappears behind the sound of skateboards chasing a ball.

Further reading

• “bullicio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10