What does Bo mean in Italian?

(Bo) This may be my favorite word in Italian, which is why it made it into the title of this article. I use this ALL THE TIME in English. I just cannot help it! It means “I don't know”, but being just one little single-syllable, 3 letter word, makes it so utterly perfect.
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What does Bo mean in Italy?

The Italian slang word boh is simply a shorter and very colloquial way of saying the same thing. It isn't dissimilar to the abbreviated I dunno or the audible shoulder shrug English speakers use when they can't be bothered to say the whole phrase. Boh! – I dunno!
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Do Italians say Boh?

Italians even have a gesture to say boh. It consists of thrusting the chin forward and pulling the lips down while opening the arms. Surely you've seen this before in some movie or in real life.
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What does Bo mean in Italian Spiderman?

Boh is a word that you will hear a lot while in Italy. I use it all the time. It basically means “I don't know, who knows”.
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What does BHO mean in Italian?

Boh, bho, bo or bo'? Everyone knows and uses the word “boh“, an exclamation that expresses uncertainty and disbelief, usually used to say: I don't know.
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Why do Italians say "boh"?



Why do Italians say bah?

And according to the dictionary, Italians have been making this funny B sound since circa 1840 to express “doubt, indifference or reticence”. – Com'è andata? – Boh!
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What does Vo in Italian mean?

abbreviation. (Cinema) (= versione originale) original version.
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What does Bo mean in Rome?

Boh means doubt, indifference, unwillingness to talk about something or to express an opinion. It's widely used in the Roman dialect (but not only).
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What does boh mean slang?

BOH Meaning: What Is Back of House

As opposed to the meaning of FOH, or Front of House, which is everything in front of the camera.
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What language is Beau?

Beau means "handsome" in French. Pronounce it the same way the French do, with a long o: "boh." The word recalls more innocent times, when gentleman courted their ladies and skirts barely rose above ankle level.
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What does BU mean in Italian?

interjection. boo [noun] a derisive shout, made eg by a disapproving crowd.
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What does Beh mean Italian?

interjection. well [interjection] used to express surprise etc. well [interjection] used when re-starting a conversation, starting an explanation etc.
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What does Sora mean in Italian?

sora (also: meadow chicken)
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What is a goomba in Italian?

The word goombah is an Anglicized version of the Italian phrase cumpà or compare, which means “friend” or “godfather.” Many Southern Italian pronunciations of this word sound like “goombah” to English speakers.
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What does mah mean in Italian?

The seed of doubt and the champion of inconformity, mah means 'I disagree'.
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What does Bo mean in Latin?

good, good thing, profit, advantage.
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Is Bo a Spanish name?

Bo is a mainly Swedish/Danish masculine given name, derived from an Old Norse nickname bua, meaning "to live". A variant of Bo is the Swedish Bosse.
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What does going Bobo mean?

crazy, stupid, silly, or weird. From the Spanish word "bobo," meaning "foolish" or "fool." She really did that? She's so bobo. See more words with the same meaning: crazy, insane, weird, strange.
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Is Bo a real word?

bo interj. An exclamation used to startle or frighten. bo n. (US, slang) Fellow, chap, boy.
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What does the name Bo mean in Hebrew?

Bo (בֹּא‎ — in Hebrew, the command form of "go," or "come," and the first significant word in the parashah, in Exodus 10:1) is the fifteenth weekly Torah portion ( פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Exodus.
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What does the word Bo mean in Japanese?

A bō (棒: ぼう), bong (Korean), pang (Cantonese), bang (Mandarin), or kun (Okinawan) is a staff weapon used in Okinawa. Bō are typically around 1.8 m (71 in) and used in Okinawan martial arts, while being adopted into Japanese arts such particular bōjutsu.
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What does Boff mean in Italian?

boff - an act of sexual intercourse.
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What does BA mean in Italian?

[ˌbiːˈeɪ ] noun abbreviation. (= Bachelor of Arts) laurea in discipline umanistiche.
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