boceta

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• buceta (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese buxeta, from Vulgar Latin *buxita, from Late Latin buxis, borrowed from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box”), from πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos, “boxwood”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix). Doublet of boate and bússola. For the semantic development, compare English box (“vagina”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈse.tɐ/, (dated) /boˈse.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈse.tɐ/, (dated) /boˈse.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈse.ta/, (dated) /boˈse.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈse.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: bo‧ce‧ta

Noun

boceta f (plural bocetas)

1. (Brazil, vulgar) pussy; the female sexual organs

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

   • 2017 March 13, “Esquimó”, in Heresia, performed by Djonga:

     Se a vida é acumular dinheiro, cês tão falidos / Se a vida fosse uma buceta, cês tão fodidos / Se a vida for um labirinto, cês tão perdidos

     If life is making money, y'all're bankrupt / If life were a pussy, y'all're fucked / If life were a labyrinth, y'all're lost

2. (Brazil, vulgar) shit (indicating something useless or annoying)

   Synonyms: bosta, porra, caralho, merda

   Tire essa boceta do caminho!

   Get this shit out of the way!

3. (archaic) box

   Synonym: caixinha

   boceta de Pandora ― Pandora's box

   • 1871 December 1, “A República e os Estudantes [The República and the Students]”, in Questões do dia‎^[1], number 23, Rio de Janeiro, page 4:

     Não nos faremos cargo de demonstrar a justiça, legalidade e exequibilidade do decreto de 22 de outubro,—nova bocêta de Pandora, a que os pessimistas do dia attribuem o inxame de males […]

     We shall not undertake to demonstrate the justice, legality, and feasibility of the decree of October 22—a new Pandora's box to which today’s pessimists attribute the swarm of evils […]

   • 1960 September 9, “O fim do Conselheiro [The Counselor’s end]”, in Jornal do Commercio, volume 133, number 288, Rio de Janeiro, page 6:

     Afinal, cheia dêle uma boceta de sândalo, preparou a velha almofada, pondo-lhe tela nova […]

     And so, having filled a small sandalwood box with it [linen], he prepared the old cushion […]

Interjection

boceta!

1. (Brazil, vulgar) shit, fuck, dammit

   Boceta! A televisão pifou

   Dammit! The television is out of whack

Further reading

• “boceta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “boceta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Verb

boceta

1. inflection of bocetar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative