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/Sounds like "boh" (as in "boat") + "LEE" (as in "lead") + "tahs" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

Marbles or small glass spheres that kids play with on the ground. In Argentina and Uruguay, bolitas is the go-to word for the same game called canicas in Mexico.

Examples

The kids are playing marbles in the yard.

I had a bag full of marbles when I was little.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de México
Bandera de Perú
Bandera de Venezuela
Canicas

To copy shamelessly, plagiarize outright or steal someone's work without credit. In Mexico and Central America when you afusilas something you ripped it off wholesale.