boyfriend

[US]/'bɒɪfrend/
[UK]/'bɔɪfrɛnd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. male partner in a romantic relationship, lover, male significant other

Example Sentences

Alice’s boyfriend knew a little karate.

Her boyfriend is really wet.

her boyfriend left her for another woman.

It’s from my boyfriend, if you must know.

My boyfriend is used to a meany.

Why don't you just spunge off your boyfriend?

Jack is Mary's boyfriend -- Mary is Jack's girlfriend.

Mary's new boyfriend is quite a dish, isn't he?

She meets her old boyfriend for a drink.

Nicola gabbled on about her boyfriend for hours.

Her boyfriend is a good-for-nothing layabout.

She looked lovingly into her boyfriend’s face.

a casual remark that brought swift retaliation from her boyfriend

her former boyfriend was convicted of assaulting her.

I don't want an indignant boyfriend on my doorstep breathing fire.

she had rowed with her boyfriend the day before.

I hear she’s finally given her boyfriend the elbow.

Her husband doesn’t know it, but she’s got a boyfriend on the side.

(Smiling cutely) An adorable boyfriend with a lot of charms.

Real-world Examples

I was fat and had no boyfriend.

Source: Love resides in my heart.

Did you ever even have a boyfriend?

Source: (500) Days of Summer

Of course he is. He is your boyfriend!

Source: 100 Most Popular Conversational Topics for Foreigners

That's because the girl had another boyfriend.

Source: 101 Children's English Stories

Mary kissed her boyfriend goodbye before he left.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

Officers are looking for Ms. Mutua's boyfriend.

Source: BBC Listening Collection April 2022

Lee is really serious about her new boyfriend.

Source: Ancient Wisdom and Contemporary Love (Audio Version)

So? Why don't you like my boyfriend?

Source: Modern Family - Season 04

We borrowed it from my mom's boyfriend.

Source: Young Sheldon Season 4

Ms. Danvers. - Yeah, this is my boyfriend, Mike.

Source: Super Girl Season 2 S02

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