What does Bobo mean in Spanish?

stupid [adjective] foolish; slow at understanding. silly [adjective] foolish; not sensible.
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What does the nickname bobo mean?

bo·​bo ˈbō-(ˌ)bō plural bobos. often disparaging. : a member of a social class of well-to-do professionals who espouse bohemian values and lead bourgeois lives.
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Why do people say bobo?

You see, the word bobo (BOH-boh) means “silly” in Spanish. Which is easy to remember since that's what it sounds like. Some translators will use “stupid” or “idiot”, but those words have their Spanish cognates that sound as harsh as they do in English.
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What does bobo mean in Colombia?

Bobo (or boba for a girl) means silly, foolish, or naive and is a synonym for the Central American word tonto.
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What is bobo in Puerto Rico?

Quick Reference. Juan Bobo is a comical Puerto Rican folk hero. In Spanish, bobo means “foolish” or “simple”; tales of Juan Bobo typically depict a well-meaning but empty- headed country boy who ...
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What does bobo mean in Mexican?

stupid [adjective] foolish; slow at understanding. silly [adjective] foolish; not sensible.
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What is bobo in Jamaican?

The title of Bobo Ashanti essentially means "Black warrior". The Bobo Ashanti are one of the strictest Mansions of Rastafari.
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What is bobo in Dominican Republic?

Even if you're fluent in Spanish, you might feel like a "bobo" (dummy) trying to navigate the ins and outs of Punta Cana slang.
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What does bobo mean in Philippines?

Example sentence for the Tagalog word bobo, meaning: [noun] fool; idiot; [adjective] stupid; dumb; foolish.
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What language is bobo in?

The Bobo language is a Mande language of Burkina Faso and Mali; the western city of Bobo Dioulasso is named partly for the Bobo people. It consists of Southern and Northern dialect.
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What is bobo translated to English?

stupid / dumb (adj.)
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What is a bobo in Nigeria?

Bobo is the Nigerian Pidgin English word for “man,” “wan show say” is the lexical equivalent of “wants to show that” in English, and the rest of the sentence is standard, idiomatic English.
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What does Baba mean Mexican?

mucus, the ~ Noun. slobber, the ~ Noun.
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What is Baba in slang?

Indian English. /ˈbæb.ə/ uk. /ˈbæb.ə/ father: used by some South Asians to show respect to an older man. used by some South Asians when talking to a friend or a child, especially a man or boy.
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Does Baba mean daddy?

The Middle Eastern word baba (as in Ali Baba) is rather a term of endearment, and is ultimately derived from Persian بابا (bābā, “father”) (from Old Persian pāpa; as opposed to the Arabic words أَبُو‎ (ʾabū) and أَب‎ (ʾab); see also Papak), and is linguistically related to the common European word papa and the word ...
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Does Baba mean spit in Spanish?

baba → drool, spittle, saliva.
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What is Bobo in African?

Bobo, people of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), who speak a language of the Gur branch of the Niger-Congo family. The Bobo are a sedentary agricultural people growing such staples as millet and sorghum and a wide variety of other crops.
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What does Bobo mean in Africa?

In African Baby Names the meaning of the name Bobo is: Ghanian name given to a child born on Tuesday.
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What nationality is Bobo?

The Bobo are a Mande ethnic group living primarily in Burkina Faso, with some living north in Mali. Bobo is also a shortened name of the second-largest city in Burkina Faso, Bobo-Dioulasso.
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What does boba mean in Spanish slang?

Word forms: bobo, boba. adjective. (= tonto) silly ⧫ stupid.
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What does boba mean in puerto rico?

Word forms: bobo, boba. (= tonto) silly ⧫ stupid.
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Why do Americans call it boba?

“When the drink emerged out of Taiwan, people started calling the drink 'boba' because of the large tapioca balls.
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Is boba a Mexican drink?

Bubble tea (also known as pearl milk tea, bubble milk tea, tapioca milk tea, boba tea, or boba; Chinese: 珍珠奶茶; pinyin: zhēnzhū nǎichá, 波霸奶茶; bōbà nǎichá) is a tea-based drink that originated in Taiwan in the early 1980s.
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Who has a nickname bobo?

Lionel Messi's “nickname” for Wout 'Bobo' Weghorst lives on at Manchester United - AS USA.
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How do you say Baba girl in Spanish?

"baby girl" in Spanish
  1. volume_up. nena.
  2. niña.
  3. chancleta.
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