Etymology

bolo

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Today it means: A long, heavy, single-edged machete. Full definition →

Philippine Spanish bolo ← Tagalog bolo
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bolo · noun, verb1

  1. Tagalog · derived frombolo
  2. Philippine Spanish · borrowed frombolo
  3. English todaybolo

From Philippine Spanish bolo, from Tagalog bolo.

bolo · noun, verb2

Supposedly named after Bolo Pascha, a German agent in France during World War I.

bolo · noun, verb3

  1. Spanish · derived fromboleadora“lariat”
  2. English todaybolo

From Argentine Spanish boleadora (“lariat”).

bolo · noun4

An acronym of be on the lookout.

BOLO · noun5

Acronym of be on the lookout.

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