What does "boca a boca" mean?

By word of mouth; transmitted orally from person to person rather than in writing or by official channels.

How is "boca a boca" used in a sentence?

Nadie conoce a los autores de estos cantos, pero pasan de boca a boca, de casa en casa, de poblado en poblado, de villa a villa, de colonia en colonia.

boca a boca — Meaning, Examples & Usage (Spanish)

Meanings:

1.
SpainLatin Americaneutralcolloquial
- By word of mouth; transmitted orally from person to person rather than in writing or by official channels.
- Information, stories, or recommendations that spread informally among people.
Examples
Beta
- La información sobre el concierto se difundió boca a boca y en pocos días estaba todo vendido.
  Information about the concert spread by word of mouth and in a few days everything was sold out.
- No necesitamos un anuncio formal; esto se está corriendo boca a boca entre los vecinos.
  We don’t need a formal announcement; this is spreading by word of mouth among the neighbors.
- Las recomendaciones para ese restaurante llegaron boca a boca, y ahora es muy popular.
  Recommendations for that restaurant came by word of mouth, and now it's very popular.
2.
International (Spanish)medicalneutral
- Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation: a method of artificial respiration in which a rescuer blows air from their mouth into the mouth of a person who has stopped breathing in order to restore breathing and circulation.
Examples
Beta
- El instructor explicó cómo realizar la respiración boca a boca en caso de emergencia.
  The instructor explained how to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in case of emergency.
- Cuando el niño dejó de respirar, su padre le hizo boca a boca hasta que llegó la ambulancia.
  When the child stopped breathing, his father gave him mouth-to-mouth until the ambulance arrived.
- Durante el curso de primeros auxilios, aprendimos la técnica correcta para el boca a boca.
  During the first aid course, we learned the correct technique for mouth-to-mouth.
- No se debe aplicar boca a boca si la víctima tiene una lesión en la boca o cuello.
  Mouth-to-mouth should not be applied if the victim has an injury to the mouth or neck.

Examples:

ES: Nadie conoce a los autores de estos cantos, pero pasan de boca a boca, de casa en casa, de poblado en poblado, de villa a villa, de colonia en colonia.
EN: Our film has been made out of three such songs from the Soviet East.
ES: O quizás por el boca a boca.
EN: Or, perhaps, one child tells another.
ES: Y todo ese boca a boca me tiene etiquetado como el Jefe.
EN: And all the grapevine talk has ME tagged as the boss.
ES: La respiración boca a boca.
EN: Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
ES: Salvé a un niño de ahogarse, respiración boca a boca.
EN: I saved a boy from drowning, mouth-to-mouth respiration.
ES: - Solo el boca a boca.
EN: -Only mouth-to-mouth.
ES: -Es inmunda. -Respiración boca a boca.
EN: - She was disgusting.
ES: ¿Alguien sabe hacer el boca a boca?
EN: - Can anyone do artificial respiration?
ES: ¿Respiración boca a boca?
EN: Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation?
ES: Usted trató de darme La respiración artificial de boca a boca.
EN: The offer still holds. Hmm, I'll keep it in mind.
ES: No me importa si le hace resucitación boca a boca.
EN: I don't care if you're giving it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
ES: Lo que sea, excepto respiración boca a boca.
EN: I'll do anything but mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. ( moans )
ES: Hay que hacerle el boca a boca.
EN: We're going to do mouth-to-mouth.
ES: Hazle la respiración boca a boca...
EN: Why don't you give him a mouth-to-mouth?
ES: El te devolvió a la vida y te hizo respiración boca a boca.
EN: - And he took you in his hands, and he breathed life into your mouth.
ES: Fred es un experto en respiración artificial. Sobre todo, boca a boca.
EN: Fred's an expert at artificial respiration, especially mouth-to-mouth.
ES: No hay ninguna. Se me ordenó contar todo de boca a boca.
EN: I was ordered to relate everything by word of mouth.
ES: Al menos ellos me dieron respiración boca a boca.
EN: At least they gave me mouth-to-mouth...
ES: A ningún salvavidas le molestará hacerle respiración boca a boca.
EN: Bet some lifesaver wouldn't mind giving her the kiss of life.
ES: Simplemente no dependa de mí para la reanimación boca a boca.
EN: Just don't depend on me for mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

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