benjuí
Spanish, noun/benˈxwi/
benjuí is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “benzoin (aromatic balsam, a medicinal plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Styrax benzoin) Árbol que crece en Java, Sumatra y en Tailandia, que alcanza los 10 metros de altura. sus…”.
What does benjuí mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebenzoin (aromatic balsam, a medicinal plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Styrax benzoin) Árbol que crece en Java, Sumatra y en Tailandia, que alcanza los 10 metros de altura. sus hojas son ovales, enteras y cubiertas de pelusa blanquecina. Las flores, de color blanco, se encuentran agrupadas. Su fruto es ovoide de 1 cm de diámetro que contiene una semilla. 2. Resina que se destila del benjuí, bien naturalmente o bien por incisiones practicadas al efecto; se solidifica prontamente al contacto del aire y llega a ser dura y quebradiza.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of benjuí
- benjuíes plural
- benjuís plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce benjuí?
- /benˈxwi/
- [bẽŋˈxwi]
- [bẽŋxuˈi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to benjuí
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is benjuí in Spanish?
benjuí appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).