bolero

Spanish bolero, from bola.

bolero (plural boleros)

1. (dance) A lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an unrelated slower-tempo dance of Cuban origin, in 2/4 time.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], OCLC 24531354, page 335:

     Edward's attention was at first rivetted on two dancers engaged in their graceful national dance, the bolero. What a blessing to a people is a climate that encourages out-of-door amusement!

2. (fashion) A type of short, buttonless jacket or blouse, open or tied in front and ending at the diaphragm.
   • 2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 175:

     He took the bolero, which was made of soft angora, and rubbed it up and down his cheek.

bolero (third-person singular simple present boleros, present participle boleroing, simple past and past participle boleroed)

1. (intransitive) To dance the bolero.

• bolero on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• borole

From Spanish bolero.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolero/, [ˈbo̞le̞ro̞]
• Rhymes: -olero
• Syllabification^(key): bo‧le‧ro

bolero

1. bolero

From Spanish bolero.

• IPA^(key): [boˈlero]
• Hyphenation: bo‧lé‧ro
• Rhymes: -ro, -o

boléro (first-person possessive boleroku, second-person possessive boleromu, third-person possessive boleronya)

1. bolero (all senses)

• “bolero” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From French boléro or Spanish bolero.

bolero n (plural bolerouri)

1. bolero

bola +‎ -ero

bolero m (plural boleros)

1. bolero (music)
2. bolero (dance)
3. bolero (jacket)

• → English: bolero
• → Finnish: bolero

bolero m (plural boleros, feminine bolera, feminine plural boleras)

1. bolero musician

• “bolero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• Hyphenation: bo‧le‧ro
• IPA^(key): /boˈleɾo/, [boˈle.ɾo]

From bola +‎ -ero.

bolero (feminine bolera)

1. (informal) flatterer

   Synonym: mambobola

   • 1990, Maksim Gorky, Lusak

     Isa kang magaling na bolero, Lolo. Ang ganda mong magsinungaling! Magandang pakinggan ang iyong mga pantasya. Sige, magsinungaling ka pa. Ayos din 'yon. Wala namang maraming magagandang bagay na mapapak- inggan sa ...

   • 1988, Lualhati Bautista, Dekada '70: ang orihinal at kimpletong edisyon

     "Dad, ang serious, isa ospital dinadala." Natawa 'ko. Napikon nang ... hindi ka naging presidente?" Gano'n liga si Jason: masayahin, bolero, mapanukso, pero kaibig-ibig na bata. Mahirap kang magalit sa kanya dahil mabilis siya sa yakap at  ...

   • 2005, Galileo S. Zafra; Romulo P. Baquiran, Sawikaan 2004: mga salita ng taon, →ISBN:

     Kailangarg mag- update kayo ng nangyayari sa buhay ng isa't isa. ... Kapag mahilig kang makipagkuwentuhan, tsikador o tsikadora ang tawag sa iyo. Puwedeng ... Pinaa.Tsinika. Dito rin lilitaw ang kahulugan ng pagiging bolero ng isang ...

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   • 1989, National Mid-week

     Nakapaloob sa baranggay ang isa pang malaking istasyon ng radyo at telebisyon, mga talyer, mga imprenta, otel, motel, laboratoryo ng pelikula, pakulutan, ... Puwes, pinangakuan sila ng mga bolero ng lupa. ... Kung kandidato kang taga-iskuwater, huwag kang aastang pulubi; umasta kang siga at may pinag-aralan.

Borrowed from Spanish bolero.

bolero

1. bolero (dance)
2. bolero (music)
3. bolero (jacket)