bocina

/boˈθina/ · B2 · noun · f

horn

📢 bocina sounds like boh-SEE-na: a BOO-ing, SEEN-and-heard horn blasting

Say it as boh-SEE-na: the car horn that goes BOO to make itself heard. The word comes from Latin buccina, a curved military horn, built on bucca, meaning cheek, since players puffed their cheeks to blow it.

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