Today's
word is: Bolsa
Clase: sustantivo
(noun)
Género: femenino (feminine)
Origen: latín
(Latin)
In
Spanish, “bolsa”
is a feminine noun of Latin origin which means bag
and
is used as in:
- Llevaban la ropa en bolsas (they were carrying the clothes in bags)
The noun “bolsa”
is also used to refer to the stock exchange/ stock market,
and used as in:
- La bolsa registró ayer una caída significativa (the stock exchange registered a significant fall yesterday)
The noun “bolsa”
may also mean pouch, and be used as in:
- La bolsa del canguro (the kangaroo's pouch)
The diminitive form
“bolsillo” is a
related word meaning pocket, and used as in:
- Los bolsillos de la chaqueta (the jacket's pockets)
The
action word/ verb “embolsar”
is a related word meaning to pocket,
or to collect,
and is used as in:
- Los hermanos se embolsaron una fortuna (the brothers pocketed a fortune)
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “bolsa”
are:
- Acción cotizada en bolsa (listed stock/ listed shares)
- Acciones cotizadas en bolsa (listed stock/ listed shares)
- Agente de bolsa (stockbroker)
- Agente de cambio y bolsa (stockbroker)
- Bajada de la bolsa (stock market drop/ fall)
- Bolsa de aseo (toiletry bag)
- Bolsa de compra (shopping bag)
- Bolsa de dormir (sleeping bag)
- Bolsa de empleo (job listings/ classified job ads)
- Bolsa de estudios (bursary)
- Bolsa de mano (handbag)
- Bolsa de trabajo (job listings/ classified job ads)
- Bolsa de valores (stock exchange)
- Bolsa de viaje (travel bag)
- Bolsa marsupial (pouch -marsupial)
- Casa de bolsa (stock exchange)
- Jugar a la bolsa (to play the stockmarket)
- La bolsa o la vida (your money or your life*)
- Subida de la bolsa (stock market rise)
- Valor en bolsa (stock value)
Notes
In
Spanish, a lady's handbag is also/ better known a “bolso”
*Phrase
used by highwaymen
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "bolsa"
in the YouTube clip: LO QUE QUEPA EN LA BOLSA (Official)
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “bolsa” in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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