blusa

Inherited from Spanish blusa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblusa/, [ˈblu.sa]
• Hyphenation: blu‧sa

blusa

1. blouse

Borrowed from French blouse.

blusa f (plural bluse)

1. blouse
2. smock (of a painter)
3. overall (of a worker)

• → Hijazi Arabic: بلوزة (blūza, bulūza, bilūza)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈblusːa]

blusa f (4th declension)

1. flea (various small, wingless bloodsucking parasites of order Siphonaptera, famous for their ability to jump)

   blusas kodiens ― flea bite

   cilvēka blusa ― human flea

   ķert blusas ― to catch fleas

   uz netīras ādas parazitē blusas, kas izplata infekciju slimības ― dirty skin is parasitized by fleas which spread infectious diseases

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.

blusà f stress pattern 2

1. flea

• blusen

blusa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of bluse

• blusen

blusa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of bluse

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blus-, probably related to *blasį̄ (“blaze”).

Cognate of Danish blusse, Middle Low German blosen, Dutch blozen. Compare Old English blyscan, āblysian, English blush.

blusa

1. flare, blaze

• Swedish: blossa

Borrowed from French blouse.^[1]

• Rhymes: -uzɐ
• Hyphenation: blu‧sa

blusa f (plural blusas)

1. blouse (women's upper garment)
2. (obsolete) smock (men's large workshirt)
3. (Brazil) any type of informal or social coat

   Synonym: agasalho

• (sense 1) Usually means a short-sleeved or sleeveless top without collar or buttons, generally elegant. The term for a button-up dress shirt is camisa.

• “blusa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “blusa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French blouse.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblusa/ [ˈblu.sa]

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• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: blu‧sa

blusa f (plural blusas)

1. blouse

• → Tagalog: blusa

• “blusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish blusa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈblusa/ [ˈbluː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: blu‧sa

blusa (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜎᜓᜐ)

1. blouse

   Synonym: (colloquial) pang-itaas

• magblusa

• bulsa, busal, bulas, subla