bostezar

Ultimately from Latin ōscitāre, present active infinitive of ōscitō (“to yawn, to gape”). Compare English oscitate. Initial b- probably from mixing with boca (“mouth”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /bosteˈθaɾ/ [bos.t̪eˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /bosteˈsaɾ/ [bos.t̪eˈsaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bos‧te‧zar

bostezar (first-person singular present bostezo, first-person singular preterite bostecé, past participle bostezado)

1. (intransitive) to yawn

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