boggle: (botch) fushar; (haggle) marchand-(ach)ar; (hesitate) (intr.) hezitar; (hem and haw, hesitate in speaking) (tr., intr.) balbutar (cf. stoterar).
bogie(-frame): bogio.
bogus: kontrafakt-ita, falsa; a b. affair: afero suspekt-inda.
bohrium: (element) borio*.
boil: (intr.) boli-ar; (tr.) -igar; (commence to b.) -eskar; (bubble) (intr.) ebuliar (also fig.); b. slowly: boliar dolce (od, lente); boli-etar; b. over: (intr.) exter-fluar, erupter, super-boliar; b.ing hot: bolio-varma;b.ing point: bolio-punto; b.ed beef: bolio-karno; -ing: boli(ad)o.
boil: (med.) furunklo.
boiler: (steam generator) kaldiero; (cooking, etc.) bolio-kaldrono; double b.: maria-balno; b. house: kaldier-eyo; b. tube: boli-tubo, kaldier-tubo.
boisterous: tumult-oza; petul-oza; violent-ema, -oza; impetu-ema.
bold: (courage) kuraj-oza, audac-oza, risk-ema, brava, sen-tima; (presumptuous) prezunt-oza, -ema; (shameless) sen-shama, sen-pudora; to be so b. as: audacar; prenar la liber-eso; permisar ad su; b. faced:sen-shama, sen-pudora.
bole: (tree trunk) (arbor-)trunko.
bolero: (dance) “bolero”.
boletus: (bot.) boleto; esculent b.: manj-ebla boleto; cepo; b. edulis: cepo.
bolide: (astron.) bolido.
bollard: boy-fost-ego.
bologna sausage: mortadelo.
bolster: transversa (od, lit-)kuseno; lit-polster-ajo.
bolster up: (prop up) sub-tenar; (fig.) helpar, sustenar.
bolt: (verb) (a door, etc.) rigl-agar, rigle klozar; (join by bolts) bolt-agar; (swallow) glut-egar, -achar; glutar sen mastikar, rapide, (sift) blutar, siv-agar; (run away) for-fugar, for-kurar; b. oneself in: inkluzar su per rigl-ago; b. in: en-irar impetu-oze.
bolt: (noun) (long iron pin) bolto; (as for a door) riglo; (any object shaped like a tongue) lango; (b. of a lock) lango diseruro; (spring b.) resort-lango; (b. of a gun) perkut-ilo, -bolto; (a small pin) stifto; (an arrow) flecho; b. cloth: filtro-etamino, bluto-telo; b. upright: tote rekte.
bolus: pilul-ego.
bomb: (shell) bombo; b.proof: bomb-espruva; b. maker: -if-isto.
bombard: bombard-ar; -ment: -(ad)o; -ier: -isto, ero.
bombast: fanfaron(ad)o, grandioza parol-(ad)o; deklam-ach-ajo; patos-acho; -ic: deklam-acha, patos-acha.
bona-fide: reala, vera, sincera, certa; -fides: fid-ind-eso.
bonbon: bonbono.
bond: (verb) obligar (su, ulu) asumar obligacioni pagar; obligacion-izar; depozar en dogan-magazino; (to mortgage) hipotek-izar.
bond: (noun) (financial) obligaciono; (contract) kontrato; (bail) kauciono; (surety) garantio; respons-iv-eso; (tie, also fig.) lig-ilo; to keep within b.s: moderar (passions, etc.) b. holder: obligacion-iero; b. servant: sklav-o, -ulo, -ino; b.s-man: garanti-anto, respons-anto; b.s: (fetters) kateni; (handcuffs) manoti.
bondage: sklav-eso, -atr-eso, -igo, -esko; serf-eso; kapt-it-eso.
bone: sen-ost-igar, des-ost-izar; b.ed turkey: dindo des-ost-iz-ita; (noun) ost-o; (adj.) -a, ala, oza; bones: (snappers) klikt-ili; -less: sen-osta; b. of contention: temo di desputo; to make no b.s: ne havar skrupuli; bony framework: skeleto; b. black: osto-karbono.
bonfire: (festive) festo-fairo; (gen.) ligno-fairo en libera aero.
bon mot: esprit-ajo.
bonnet: (with brim all round) chapelo (hom-in-ala); (rimless cap) boneto; (country woman’s cap) kofio; (fort.) flecho; (engine) kapoto; sun-b.: kapelino.
bonny: bela, dolca; gaya.
bon-ton: eleganta mond-umo.
bonus: (commission money) gelto; (finan., insur.) premio; (gen.) super-, extra-pago.
bon-vivant: bon-viv-ero.
bony: ost-oza; (of fish) plena de aristi: (lean) magra.
bonze: bonzo.
booby: stult-o, -ulo,-ino; stupid-o.
book: (verb) en-skrib-ar, registr-agar; (reserve) rezervar; (order goods, etc.) komendar (antee); (buy a ticket) komprar bilieto.