bocina

From Old Spanish, from Late Latin būcina (“trumpet”), probably influenced by boca (“mouth”) or voz (“voice”) in Spanish. Cognate with French buisine (“medieval wind instrument”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /boˈθina/ [boˈθi.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /boˈsina/ [boˈsi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: bo‧ci‧na

bocina f (plural bocinas)

1. horn (loud alarm, especially on a motor vehicle)

   Synonyms: (Spain) claxon, corneta, fotuto, pito

   tocar la bocina ― honk the horn

2. loudspeaker

   Synonyms: parlante, altavoz, bafle

3. (music) horn

   Synonym: cuerno

4. conch shell (used as a musical instrument))

   Synonym: caracola

• → Cebuano: bosina

bocina

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

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