boca a boca
Portuguese, noun
boca a boca is spelled B-O-C-A-A-B-O-C-A (9 letters). Boca a boca is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mouth-to-mouth (breathing into a person’s mouth as a first-aid technique)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, boca-a-boca is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of boca a boca; still used…”.
What does boca a boca mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemouth-to-mouth (breathing into a person’s mouth as a first-aid technique)
- 2
masculineword of mouth (verbal, personal transmission of information)
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of boca a boca; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. divulgação informal por recomendação pessoal, de pessoa para pessoa, passa-palavra 2. técnica de ventilação artificial aplicando a boca do socorrista à da vítima
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of boca a boca
- boca-a-boca alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).